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• Adriana Bruggeling, Monster († 1908)
• Andries Renema, Idzega, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Maria Sibilla Vilain, Kerkrade (L
• Andries Kuper *, Enschede († 1956)
• Anna Helene Engelmann, Bricht (Duitsland) († 1986)
• Adolph Frederik Thierry, Den Haag († 1984)
• Anna Maria Hoogerbrugge, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Alice Marie Joseph Crenier, Hermalle sous Argenteau († 1909)
• Ada B. Farnham, Pennsylvania, United States († 1984)
• Alice Josephine Delbarre, Roubaix, 59512, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1908)

• Berend Dobben (77), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Mak (69), Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Hees (0), Boekel
• Kortbeek (23)
• Aaltje Fidder (0), Borger, Nederland
• Aalt van 't SLOT (66), Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vlek (66), Haarlem
• van Latum (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Fidder (0), Drouwen (Borger)
• Anna Boogaerdt 't Hooft (53), Rotterdam

• 1908 » Hélène Boucher, French pilot († 1934)
• 1908 » John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1910 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader († 2004)
• 1910 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic († 1962)
• 1910 » Hugh Casson, English architect and academic († 1999)
• 1910 » Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator († 1952)
• 1910 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian († 1986)
• 1911 » Betty Nuthall, English tennis player († 1983)
• 1911 » Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer († 1984)
• 1911 » Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal († 2010)

• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

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.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• 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.
• October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
• 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.

The temperature on May 23, 1907 was between 10.6 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.