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• Anna Maria Ridder de, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1985)
• Adrianus van Herpen, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• (Overleden bij geboorte) Barendregt, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1905)
• Anna-Berendina Polman, Didam († 1945)
• Anna de Jager, Suresse-Buer (D)
• Anna Berendina Polman, didam († 1945)
• Alain Marie Edmond Budes de Guébriant († 1944)
• Aaltje GUIJT, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Alijda Francina Snijders, Amersfoort, Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijker, Almelo, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1926)

• Alma G Myrick (6), Bryan, Georgia, United States
• Alma Grace Mills (47), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Aaltje Wolf, Hellum (NL)
• Aaltje Wolf (73), Hellum (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Arnoldus van Aalst (70), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hoogakker (0), Ekamp, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha HAAS (99), Ankeveen
• Carolus Ludovicus Crombez (89), Boezinge,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Catharina Cornelia de Meulder (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aris Smit (68), Gemeente Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator († 1988)
• 1901 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician († 2000)
• 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)

• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Arie
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 5.5 million citizens.
• January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

The temperature on August 5, 1905 was between 13.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.