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• Alice Fenicienne De Groof, Roubaix, Frankrijk
• Alice Van Mieghem († 1977)
• Alida De Boer, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambregts, Stiphout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Ahasuerus Verhil, Amsterdam
• Jacob Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Albey Earl Cox
• Agatha Maria Koch, Den Helder († 2002)
• Hendrik Porte
• Albert Angelo Loverde, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States († 1984)

• Arie Hendrik van der van der Waal (24), Ridderkerk
• Arijaantje Overgauw (67), Rotterdam
• Angenietje Meinderts Vissia (83), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Adriaan Waas (77), Rotterdam
• Annigje Rietveld (82), Haastrecht
• Anna van Stijn
• Angeniet Meinderts Vissia (82)
• Annie Finnan Fish (58), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Nidelstein Walter (20), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Breemans (42), Bree, Provincie Limburg, België

• 1903 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist († 1998)
• 1904 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author († 1999)
• 1905 » Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film († 1970)
• 1905 » Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 1976)
• 1905 » Joseph Cotten, American actor († 1994)
• 1907 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1909 » Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1992)
• 1909 » James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1910 » Constance Cummings, British-based American actress († 2005)
• 1911 » Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist († 1991)

• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• 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.
• September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

The temperature on May 15, 1907 was between 7.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.