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• de Bruin, Ter Aar
• Adolf Johan Schipmölder, Amsterdam
• Andreas Amandus Julius Tierens, Sint Amands († 1979)
• Alberta van 't Veen, Naaldwijk († 2002)
• Alberta van Veen, Naaldwijk († 2002)
• Aart van VIEGEN, Amerongen (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Adrianus Johannes Schoots, Buurmalsen († 1987)
• Albert Jan Helder, Klijndijk, Odoorn († 1907)
• Alberta van `t Veen, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2002)
• Alberta van Veen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Willemina Jentink (40), Aalten
• Agnieta Van Egmond (1), IJsselmonde,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (83), St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• Cornelia Maria Uijtjens (32), Tilburg
• Adriana HOOGWERF (87), Zuid-Beijerland
• Adolf SEPTEMBER (47), Baardegem,9310,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Agnes Mersman (74), Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
• Akke Palma (28), Hennaarderadeel, Zuidwest-Friesland, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirk de Vries (87), Makkum
• Christiaan Versteijnen (85), Udenhout

• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)
• 1916 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer († 1980)

• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

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.
• February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
• 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 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on August 21, 1907 was between 7.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.