About the day » Thursday May 16, 1907Calender converter

• Anna Lingbeek, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Matheus Maier, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Aartje Voorbergen, Rotterdam († 1907)
• Alida Catherina Eradus, Amsterdam († 1910)
• Alfons De Keyser, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant († 1999)
• Adrianus van Houtum, Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Albert Cornelis Halff, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Hendrika van den Berg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Jacoba van Iersel, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Anthonij Dieleman, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland († 1984)

• Bernardus van Eijg (62), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Berkelaar (76), Wassinkbrink (Zelhem)
• Afke Jans Looijenga (4), Hennaarderadeel (Wommels)
• Anthony F Schulte (55), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
• Antonius Adrianus Baptist van den Eijnden (2), Halsteren,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aart Huisken (58), Den Helder
• Arnold van der Cruisse de Waziers (86)
• Anneke de Langen (62), Beesd
• Arnold Joseph Marie Louis van der Cruisse de Waziers (86)
• Alphons Kusters (0), Vaals (Vaals) (Limburg)

• 1905 » Henry Fonda, American actor († 1982)
• 1906 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator († 1988)
• 1906 » Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Margret Rey, German author and illustrator († 1996)
• 1907 » Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler († 2004)
• 1909 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver († 1997)
• 1909 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer († 1960)
• 1910 » Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator († 2014)
• 1910 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author († 1975)

• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
• July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
• August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
• August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

The temperature on May 16, 1907 was between 6.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.