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• Andries Turksma, Emmen
• Annie Afton Dewey, Emmett, Gem, Idaho († 1926)
• Adriana, Catharina van Neste, Velsen († 1993)
• Adriana Catharina van Neste, Velsen († 1993)
• * Engeltje Artje Bogerd, Asperen († 2000)
• Alida Johanna Daalder, Den Helder
• Martha Theresia Baert, Axel
• Adriana Wilhelmina Lenzini, Rotterdam († 1964)
• Andrew Paul van Zee, Lake Prairie Township, Marion County, Iowa († 1996)
• Arie Hus, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)

• Cornelia_Walthera van de Houdt (24), Waalwijk
• Cornelis Slijker (85), Alkmaar
• Annigje Lubbers (0), De Wijk (gem. De Wolden)
• Cornelia Verhoeven (10), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbertje Staal (3), Putten-Hoef
• Catharina Maria Biemans (0), Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Hartog (79), Oude Pekela
• Adriana Cornelia Mooijman (8), Nootdorp
• Cornelis Buijs (78), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Visser (33)

• 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)

• 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 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
• August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• 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.
• October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
• December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
• December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

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.