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• "Marie Leopoldine" Josephine Bossi-Fedrigotti, Třebíč / Trebitsch, Tchéquie
• Adriana Petronella Groeneveld, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Klooster
• Aaltina Margrieta Valkman, Gramsbergen († 2003)
• Aart Hooij, Zijpe († 1973)
• Adriana Margaretha de Vries, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alice Anna SOUVAGIE, Wilskerke († 1992)
• Alijda Theodora Petronella Melles, Zeist
• "Antoinette" Aline Valérie Marie Josèphe de Lannoy, Schoten, Belgique
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• Antje Zuurbier (63), Castricum
• Catherine Doty (80), Montana, United States of America
• Bernardus Peter Johannes Sprengers (0), Valkenswaard
• Anke SMIT (52), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Cornelia Bogie (0), Echt (Peij)
• Albartus Jan van Druten (0), Tiel
• Augustinus de Jong (49), Tilburg
• Charlotte Josephine Goudzwaard (25), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Antonius Kloos (2), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• doodgeboren kind (0), Nieuwer-Amstel

• 1904 » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist († 1997)
• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)
• 1910 » Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer († 1956)
• 1911 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer († 1969)
• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)

• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• 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 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
• December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
• December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

The temperature on August 5, 1907 was between 11.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.