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• Alexander Klusman, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alexander Carolus PLETTINCKX, Bornem
• Adrianus Petrus van Huijgevoort, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1906)
• Adolf Scheerens, Ruiselede († 1977)
• Adolphine Lucie Alphonsine Marie GEUNS, Liège, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Poort, noordbroek († 1905)
• Alexander Seth Paul, Arnhem
• Aaltje Stoffer, Elspeet († 1987)
• Aaltje Laan, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Bos, Nieuwe Pekela (gem. Pekela) († 1907)

• Bertha Mathilda van Landeghem (0), Maldegem
• Thijs Gord (0), Losser
• Anna Margaretha Wolters (78), Rotterdam,-
• Arij de WIT (83), Dubbeldam
• Arij Wit (83), dubbeldam (zuid holland)
• Bastiaan Maat (65), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje (Adriaantje) Groenendijk (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Azariah EVERETT (35), Reading, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Wolf (70), Zaltbommel, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Maria Vermaak (56), Utrecht

• 1897 » Milt Franklyn, American composer († 1962)
• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1910 » Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)

• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)

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.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
• 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)

The temperature on September 16, 1905 was between 1.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.