About the day » Friday December 8, 1905Calender converter

• Anna Maria (zuster Marina) Langens, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Alice RICH, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States of America († 1947)
• Anna Maria Judith Heutmekers, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Grobben, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1907)
• Akke Homminga, Wonseradeel, Nederland († 1937)
• Alida Cornelia Christina Jacoba Rijnhout
• Anthonia Elisabeth Wendels, Rotterdam († 1986)
• AlidaCornelia Christina Jacoba RIJNHOUT, gorinchem
• Antje van Duijn, Velsen († 1906)
• Anna Johanna RAANGS, Obergum (Winsum) Groningen Netherlands

• ADRIANA ANNA MURRAIJ (52), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Groenewegen (0)
• - Venema (0), Roderveld (Roden), Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Dijkstra (37), Curaçao, Stad
• Adriaan Mommersteeg (68), Vlijmen
• Arend Johannes Rooseboom (64), Leeuwarden
• August Geldtmeyer (0), Bazel (B)
• Adriana Moerdijk (56), Rilland-Bath, Nederland
• Barendina Cosijnse (0), Baarn
• Bastiaan Bruijn de (65), Lekkerkerk Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
• 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic († 1982)
• 1900 » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician († 1990)
• 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
• 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)
• 1908 » Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress († 1990)
• 1908 » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts († 1994)
• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)

• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)

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.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

The temperature on December 8, 1905 was between 6.4 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.