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• Anna Jeannetta Driessen, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1908)
• Adriana van Trierum, Schoonhoven
• * Hendrik (Henk) Venema, Veendam († 1956)
• Antoon van de Sluis, Nijmegen
• Antje Klok, Katwijk aan Zee († 1992)
• Annie Isabel Frank, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1912)
• Adrianus Luijendijk, numansdorp (zuid holland) († 2008)
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• Antonius Christiaan Emanuel (Toon) Kuijpers, Sint Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant († 1962)
• Antje Klok, Katwijk († 1992)

• Aart van Aken (83), Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Wijnbergen (53), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Prachař (44), Vladislav, Česko
• Adrianus Laurens Driest (65), Apeldoorn
• Aron Levie Blitz (66), Brooklyn
• Aaltjen Nuesink (75), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Abraham Van Dalen (77), Haarlem
• Abraham Tuijnman (58), Stavenisse, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Aline de Montpellier de Vedrin (74)
• Adriaan, Gustaaf Van Brempt (54)

• 1904 » Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1906 » Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1906 » Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer († 1998)
• 1907 » Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader († 1994)
• 1907 » Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel († 1988)
• 1907 » Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor († 1990)
• 1908 » Ernest L. Massad, American general († 1993)
• 1908 » Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player († 2001)
• 1908 » Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1909 » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer († 1996)

• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)

• 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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
• 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.
• August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• 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 25, 1907 was between -3.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.