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• Aaltje Weening, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1907)
• Anna Dijkema, Haren († 1907)
• Alwina Margaretha Frieda Krogmann, Hamburg, Hamburg, Duitsland († 1976)
• Adriaan Jacobus Hooftman, Breda
• Albert Isebrands Schaap, Haskerhorne, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Alida Johanna van Gend, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacobus Johannes Hooftman, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2004)
• Alphonsus Van Uytsel, Geel, België († 1984)
• Aaltje Weening, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1907)
• Albert Otten, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland († 1970)

• Cornelia Petronella TASELAAR (66), Vught
• Adriana Varekamp (78), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Asje van Wageningen (80), Ooster-Dalfsen, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Asje van Wageningen (80), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arij de Gruijter (79), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Adriaan Quist (0), Oude Tonge
• Bertha Asselmans (0), Maastricht, Nederland
• Aaltje Dijkstra (0), Wetering (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adde Loer (0), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Geertruida Noorlander (0), Rotterdam

• 1901 » Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author († 1981)
• 1904 » Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction († 1966)
• 1906 » Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal († 1989)
• 1907 » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist († 2004)
• 1908 » Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria († 1990)
• 1908 » James Stewart, American actor († 1997)
• 1908 » Louis Daquin, French actor and director († 1980)
• 1911 » Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright († 1995)
• 1911 » Gardner Fox, American author († 1986)

• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

The temperature on May 20, 1907 was between 1.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.