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• Andries Arie Dijkhuizen, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Alida Anthonia Twaalfhoven, Nieuwkoop († 1992)
• Albertje Wubs († 2000)
• Achille Denis Georges Dufour, Saint lye la forêt († 1979)
• ANNA CATHARINA ARENDINA BENDELER, ROTTERDAM
• ALPHONSUS VAN DEN BROECK, BERLAAR († 1985)
• Adriana_Geertruida Markus, Loosduinen († 1974)
• Aalbert Gerben van Asperen, Avereest († 1907)
• Anna van Capellen, Ridderkerk († 1982)
• Adriana Veen, Utrecht († 1907)

• Albertje Bel (2), Kloosterveen (Smilde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonia VLEESENBEEK (1), Dordrecht
• Catharina Maria Sophia SEKET (49), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Amtmann (78), Velp,Gemeente Rheden,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Somers (1), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Ardina Cornelia van Esch (0), Liempde
• Antje Rotgers (60), Scheemda
• Taks, Etten-Leur
• Albertus Johannes BERGEVOET (43), Gendringen, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius de Ridder (2), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1903 » Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist († 1999)
• 1904 » Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach († 1993)
• 1904 » Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer († 1970)
• 1906 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist († 1984)
• 1908 » Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander († 1997)
• 1908 » Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator († 1941)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)
• 1909 » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle († 2013)
• 1910 » Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor († 1982)
• 1910 » Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)

• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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. Gerardus
16. Arie

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.
• June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
• September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
• November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
• December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

The temperature on August 6, 1907 was between 12.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.