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• Aaltje Visscher, Kampen († 1975)
• Anna Helena Specken, Erika, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Alberdina Stege, bekveld
• Adriana Verhoef, Renkum
• Albert Thijs, Ulbeek, België († 1995)
• Aaltje Visscher, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1975)
• Anna Vial, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1908)
• Agatha Jacoba van de BOS, Nieuwendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriana Janse, Zoutelande († 1908)
• Alberta Josephine Rutjes, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)

• Anne Douma (8)
• Adriana ENKEL (82), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (67), Zwollerkerspel, OV. Nederland
• Adriana Enkel (82), Nieuwer Amstel
• Anna Gertruida Franssen (62), Heerlen
• Anna van Knobelsdorff (65), Wroclaw (Breslau), Neder-Silezië, Polen
• Anton Holthaus "Holthouse" (63), Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Koper (68), Zandvoort
• Arie Koper (68), Zandvoort
• Adriana Stut (53), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1982)
• 1902 » Roy Goodall, English footballer († 1982)
• 1904 » William Heynes, English engineer († 1989)
• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1905 » Jule Styne, English-American composer († 1994)
• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1910 » Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player († 1981)
• 1911 » Dal Stivens, Australian soldier and author († 1997)

• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)

• 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.
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
• November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
• December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
• December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

The temperature on December 31, 1907 was between -7.4 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.