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• Alphonse Constance Danielle BAUMGARTEN, Soerabaja,Ned.Indië († 1985)
• Kamerman, Andel († 1907)
• Alida Cornelia Maria VOLLEBREGT, Wateringen
• Adrianus Elisabethus Jongerius, Jutphaas
• Adrianus Elisaberthus Jongerius, Jurphaas Utr
• Adelaide Margarida Fleischmann, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1995)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Vaissier, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Anna Maria Dekkers, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2002)
• Anna van Eeken, de Krim († 1909)
• Aleen Catherine TAFFE, Jefferson, Kentucky († 1992)

• Catharina van de Jeugd (87), Sint-Michielsgestel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Francisca Zelis (80), Utrecht (Utrecht) (Utrecht)
• Antonie Hendrikus van Dalen (0), Posterholt, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Hanff (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Paans (35), Eindhoven
• Aaltje Siertsema (45), Groningen
• Adriana Pauw (17), Buiksloot
• Adriaan de Pree (65), Colijnsplaat
• Kamerman (0), Andel
• Barbara Helena van Ratingen (0), Neer

• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)
• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1910 » Alex North, American composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1910 » R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 2009)
• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)
• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

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.
• February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
• February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
• December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
• 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.

The temperature on December 4, 1907 was between 0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.