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• Agatha van Wijngaarden, Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• *Anna Rouw, Terneuzen († 1907)
• Albertus de Zwart, Den Haag
• Afra van Diepen, Hoorn
• Adriana Johanna Roelen, Ginneken-Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Anna Catharina GREGOIRE, Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,LIMBURG,NEDERLAND († 1907)
• Adriaan de GROOT, Mijdrecht († 1989)
• Adrianus Boots, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Alberdina Kieneker, Harkstede gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha van Wijngaarden († 1963)

• Anna Margaretha Klene (71), Landegge
• Adriana Stijnen (75), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Marie Swerts (64), Sint Truiden, 3800, België
• Anna Maria van Bruggen (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jochums Stienstra (61), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Antje STAM (83), Dubbeldam
• Antonie Timmers (64), Oost-, West-en Middelbeers
• Adriana Petronella van Capelle (65), Rotterdam
• Albertje Kuiper (82), Hellum (Slochteren)
• Antje Jochums Stienstra (61), Boerum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1905 » Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1906 » Diana Wynyard, English actress († 1964)
• 1906 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot († 1975)
• 1907 » Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1907 » Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2004)
• 1908 » Ethel Merman, American actress and singer († 1984)
• 1908 » Günther Prien, German captain († 1941)
• 1908 » Sammy Crooks, English footballer († 1981)
• 1909 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic († 1994)
• 1910 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1974)

• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)

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.
• January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

The temperature on January 16, 1907 was between 5.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.