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• Alida Frederika de Radder, Soest
• Adrianus Jacobus van Lanen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Albert Elzinga, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland
• Abraham Vuisje, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Aleida Maria Tangelder, Gaanderen, Nederland († 1933)
• Albert Spin *, Steenwijkerwold († 1955)
• Adrianus van Hoof, Werne (Duitsland) († 1944)
• Aaltje Saadhoff, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Kersten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Adrianus Jongbloed, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Johanna de Jongh (8), Zevenbergen
• Blondina Claeys (77), Ruiselede
• Berend Nijkamp (70), Vriezenveen
• Berendje Eerkens (51), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Van Zwaneveld Uniken (77), Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands(Gieterveen)
• Antonia van Eijden (76), Hoogland
• Anthonie Johannes Valstar (46), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Cornelia den Rooijen (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Berentje Eerkes (51), Onstwedde, Stadskanaal
• Apolonia Wilhelmina Maria van Elswijk (1), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• 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.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
• 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 May 6, 1907 was between 11.7 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.