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• Alberdina Meerlo, de Krim († 1915)
• Andreas Dongen van, Schaesberg
• Adrianus Konings, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adriana (Jaantje) Leendertsd * Koper, EaZ (17-10-1907) († 1996)
• Andries Meershoek, Den Haag († 1909)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Joannes van Breugel, Tilburg († 1940)
• Aaltje Nieuwenhuis, Grafhorst († 1975)
• Aldegonda Jacoba Antonia Simons, Maasbree († 1967)
• "Laure" Berthe Maximilienne Antoinette Anne Françoise Marie Ghislaine Behaghel de Bueren, Gand, Belgique († 2004)
• Adriana Koper, Egmond aan Zee, NH, Netherlands († 1937)

• Antje Bloothoofd (75), Haarlem
• Adrianus Voorbraak (73), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Cornelia Gravemaker (34)
• Berendina Eikenaar (46), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Arie van Baak (23), Pemalang (Ind),in, Indonesië
• Anna Maria Snoeks (85), Valkenswaard
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Hout (0), Rotterdam
• Albert van der Velde (73), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Louwe (67), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Klaasdr Bloothoofd (75), Haarlem

• 1903 » Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1903 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist († 2003)
• 1904 » Björn Berglund, Swedish actor († 1968)
• 1905 » Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager († 1990)
• 1906 » León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1907 » Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic († 1973)
• 1908 » Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania († 1985)
• 1908 » Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator († 2006)
• 1911 » Otto von Bülow, German commander († 2006)
• 1912 » Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming († 2009)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

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 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• 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.
• July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

The temperature on October 16, 1907 was between 4.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.