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• Ardina Hendrika Kersjes, Beuningen, Gemeente Beuningen, Gelderland, Niederlande († 1915)
• Arend Veerman, Avenhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Catharina Bouwmeester, Nieuwe-Wetering, Nederland († 1992)
• Johannes Fidom, Hollandscheveld
• Antony Hermanus Leunk, Warnsveld,Gemeente Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dirks, Luijksgestel
• Arend Spetter, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Adriana Maria Willemse, Gilze en Rijen († 1990)
• Martha Theresia Baert, Axel
• Alida Johanna Daalder, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)

• Anna Jacoba van Egmond (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Lubbers (0), De Wijk (gem. De Wolden)
• Anje Wed (58), Nieuwolda
• Catharina Maria Strijbos (0), Aalst
• Cornelis Slijker (85), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Cornelia Visser (33)
• Ada L. West (4)
• Cornelis Buijs (78), Oudenbosch
• Cornelis Buijs (78), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbertje Staal (3), Putten-Hoef

• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1907 » Varian Fry, American journalist and author († 1967)
• 1908 » Herman Chittison, American pianist († 1967)
• 1908 » John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India († 2006)
• 1909 » Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1909 » Robert Trout, American journalist († 2000)
• 1910 » Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan († 1990)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

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.
• August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• 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.
• September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
• December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

The temperature on October 15, 1907 was between 6.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.