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• Aartje Boender, Rhoon
• Adrianus IJsselstijn, Leiden († 1972)
• Albertus Josephus Peperkamp, 's Hertogenbosch († 1905)
• Anna Maria Vekemans, Lommel
• Adrianus Thomas Antonius Baselier, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• (Hendrikje) Everdina Speijers, Hilversum († 1948)
• Antje Blok, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Albertus Josephus Peperkamp, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1905)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Haaren van, Strijp, NB, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriana Elisabeth Mes, Rotterdam

• Anna Maria HERTEN (80), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Margje Seinen (0), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Bartels (37), Alkmaar
• Aagje HUIGEN (24), Beets(Nh)
• Anna Jacoba van Boxtel (36), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alijda Arnolda van Hussen (50), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Degen (2), Uithoorn
• Anna Maria Margaretha Wijnand (15), Geulle, Meerssen
• Berend Moorlag (15), Onstwedde
• Anna Barbara Pörteners (76), Born, Sittard-Geleen

• 1900 » Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1966–67 († 1988)
• 1904 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1967)
• 1905 » Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat († 1991)
• 1906 » Eric Fenby, English composer and educator († 1997)
• 1906 » Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten († 1947)
• 1908 » Ivan Yefremov, Russian paleontologist and author († 1972)
• 1909 » Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian († 2001)
• 1909 » Rita Levi-Montalcini, Sephardic Jewish-Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1909 » Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)
• 1910 » Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic († 1971)

• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)

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.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on April 22, 1905 was between 3.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.