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• Anna Catharina Kleinenberg, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 1908)
• Adrianus Dalm, Rotterdam
• Alvin John Prinsen, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1992)
• Adriaan Visser, Vlissingen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Anna Philomena Verstraeten, Clinge († 2005)
• Anna Maria Grachten, Düsseldorf (Nordrhein-Westfalen) († 1973)
• Adrianus Dalm, Rotterdam
• Anderske Margaretha YPMA, Achlum (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1980)
• Addie Edna Dean Willis, Enigma, Berrien, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Adriaan Visser, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• Adrianus Spee (0), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Groenendijk (69), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Arie LETSCH (69), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Abraham Gosschalk (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Slager (86), Burgh (Gem.Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Mulder (47), Kamperveen
• angenietje haagsman (74), zoelmond
• Antje van Straaten (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Tak (59), Oudenbosch
• Antonie Emma Auguste Salveter "Salfeter" (73), Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)

• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)

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.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
• December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

The temperature on October 2, 1907 was between 9.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.