About the day » Thursday August 10, 1905Calender converter

• Adèline Rogier, Alger, Algerie († 1992)
• Andries Bernard de METZ, Leeuwarden († 1940)
• Aagje Kraan, Alphen († 1984)
• Alice Tjipkes Zeilstra, Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alberta Ruiter, Harkstede
• Anna Marie Johanna RÖHRS († 1994)
• Abraham Beekink, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• van der Salm, Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Cornelis van Boxtel, Goirle († 1905)
• Adrianus Petrus Laurentius Luijten, Ginneken en Bavel († 1984)

• Bartholomea Johanna Antonia Rovers (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Elisabeth Bernardina de Swart (0), Amsterdam
• Anna van Rijn (0), Katwijk
• Arendina van Dijk (0), Zwollekerspel
• Aart Prijs (60), Apeldoorn
• Cecil G Tuckey (11), Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin
• Bertha JUNGBLUTH (57), Liége
• Claartje Klemmen Plug (50), Noordwijk
• Adriana Hubertus Broeders (49), Raamsdonk
• Christiaan Cornelis Sneeboer (2), Rijnsaterwoude, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1902 » Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1902 » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress († 1983)
• 1903 » Ward Moore, American author († 1978)
• 1905 » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author († 1986)
• 1907 » Su Yu, Chinese general and politician († 1984)
• 1908 » Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player († 1977)
• 1908 » Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author († 2009)
• 1909 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation († 1991)
• 1909 » Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court († 1992)

• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)

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.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• 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.
• October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
• November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on August 10, 1905 was between 11.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.