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• Anna Maria (Anna) van der Sterren, Wanssum, Li.NL († 1995)
• Anna Bergwerff, Maassluis
• Anna Jacoba Steeman, Velsen-Noord († 1952)
• Antonius Johannes van Agthoven, Rotterdam
• Andyra Ferraz, Oleiros, Braga, Portugal († 1942)
• Adriaan van Aalst, Rotterdam
• van Bauwel, Hulshout (België) († 1907)
• Abraham Van Vliet, Overschie/Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van der Sterren, Wanssum († 1995)
• Alda Ruby Canter, Wilkes, North Carolina († 1992)

• Albert Bazuin (28), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Penders (44), Elsloo, Limburg (Nederland)
• Adriana Bergman (0), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaldert Assee (66), Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Tjabring (71), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Vos, de (85), Naaldwijk
• Anje Grietje Kannegieter (2), Kolham gem. Slochteren
• Aim√©e WERNER (64), Lille (59000, Nord, France)
• Aaldert Assee (66), Apeldoorn
• Aagtje Klaasdr Ploeger (80), Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1903 » Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator († 1957)
• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
• 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)
• 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)
• 1907 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete († 1969)
• 1908 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor († 1963)
• 1909 » Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1995)
• 1909 » Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist († 1994)
• 1910 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist († 1949)
• 1911 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter († 2001)

• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)

• 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.
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.

The temperature on January 5, 1907 was between 0.1 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.