About the day » Friday August 18, 1905Calender converter

• ALIDA CATHARINA BROEKHUIS, Wormerveer
• Antonius Adrianus Mulders, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1930)
• Anna Marguerite Schilt, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa († 1992)
• Anna Hendrica Kamp, Terheijden Noord-Brabant
• Anna Marquerita (Margareth) Schilt, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Albert ter Avest, Nijverdal († 1968)
• * Johanna Wilhelmina Bubbert, Schipluiden
• Alfons LAMBEIR, Holsbeek († 1979)
• Albertus Bronk, Tiel († 1978)
• Albertje Kuiper, Steenwijk

• Adriana Elshout (71), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Anna Kort (38), Amsterdam, NL-NH
• (Gardeneers) Joannes Gardeniers (65), Maastricht
• Aleida Margaretha Hendriksen (4), Doetinchem
• Anna Christina Riewertina Wieringa (84), Holwerd
• Aleida Berendina Brugman (23)
• Amélia Rodrigues Bravo (34), Escudeiro, Braga, Portugal
• Anna Keizer (54), Wittewierum(gr)
• Aaltje Andriessen van der Laan (74), St. Jacobiparochie
• Anna_Carolina_Elisa Linn (65), Heemstede

• 1902 » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter († 1968)
• 1902 » Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author († 2003)
• 1903 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer († 1983)
• 1904 » Max Factor, Jr., American businessman († 1996)
• 1905 » Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer († 1978)
• 1906 » Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer († 1971)
• 1906 » Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1908 » Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster († 1977)
• 1908 » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France († 1988)
• 1908 » Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener († 1994)

• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)

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.
• January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• 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.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

The temperature on August 18, 1905 was between 9.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.