About the day » Wednesday November 15, 1905Calender converter

• Anna Christina Boode, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Agnes Lucy Gebhart († 1984)
• Agnes Aleida Johanna LUCHTERS († 1991)
• Alexander Custers, Maastricht († 1907)
• Anje Harkes Visser, Ruigezand
• Weening, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adelia Grabowska, Jaswin, Malorita, Brest, Belarus († 1990)
• Aagje Groen, Egmond aan Zee († 1906)
• Adrianus Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 1988)
• Albertus Visser, Groningen († 1906)

• Alice Grant Muir (9)
• Antje Nanne (Nonne) (65), Alkmaar
• Aarjen Bakker (78), Alkmaar
• Adriaan van Dorst (68), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Williams (80), Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama, United States of America
• Adrianus Loon, van (76), Tilburg
• Annigje Visser (16), Sliedrecht
• Adam Machielse (0), Zevenbergen
• Adriaan van LOON (76), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Loon (76), Tilburg

• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)
• 1905 » Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1906 » Curtis LeMay, American general and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel († 1944)
• 1908 » Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth († 1979)
• 1912 » Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic († 2010)
• 1912 » Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel († 1945)

• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)

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. Hendrikus
15. Arie
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.
• April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on November 15, 1905 was between -1.3 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.