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• Adriaan Mosses, Kedong-Djattie, residentie Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana de Geus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne LaFave († 1931)
• Anna Maria Rödiger († 1990)
• Albartha Veldhuis, Terwolde (gem. Voorst)
• Antonia Hendrica Derks, Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Albert John Kamlowsky (Kay), Topeka, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Andreas Ludovicus Geelen, Weert (NL) († 1973)
• Aleida Schoonhoven, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Maria Cobèr, Posterholt († 1980)

• Arnoldus Johannes Duuring (38), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Verhoeven (78), Oirschot
• Antonia Maria Tempelman (5)
• Bastiaan Verdugt (81), Leerdam
• Berdina Meria van Binsbergen (85), Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Bertus van Leijenhorst (0), Hoevelaken
• Anthonij Teunisz. van der Berg (79), Rotterdam
• (75), Gemeente Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands
• Christina Hendriksdr. Bijleveld Bijl (71), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Catharina Linke (1), Echt, Limburg, Nederland

• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)
• 1905 » Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1992)
• 1907 » Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter († 1984)
• 1908 » Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician († 2000)
• 1911 » Hortense Calisher, American author († 2009)

• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

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.
• 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.
• August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
• October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
• October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
• November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

The temperature on December 20, 1907 was between 6.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.