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• , Middelburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus van Halteren, Princenhage, NL († 1988)
• Adriaantje Koster, Schiedam
• Adriana Maria van Ham († 1906)
• Adriana Christina van der Vlugt, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pol, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1905)
• Adrianus Clemens Bouwmeester, Noordwijk († 1979)
• Albert Curtis Bell, Alabama, United States († 1982)
• Adrianus Johannes Munsterman, Nieuw Vennep (Haarlemmermeer), Noord Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Lettink, Twello

• Auke Walsma (52), Westdongeradeel
• Anna Ooms (52), Stratum
• Adriana Clasina Maria Balfoort (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Jans Kaarsgaren (38), Hilversum
• Antonius Mesman (25), Haarlemmermeer, huis nummer 116
• Anna Ooms (52), Stratum
• Bernardina Kaarsgaren (38), Hilversum, Nederland
• Antje Beints de JONGH (76), Weststellingwerf
• Caroline Biehler (60), Baden, Niederösterreich
• Adriana Heeremans (22), Velsen

• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1902 » Mina Rees, American mathematician (d.1997)
• 1902 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria († 1971)
• 1905 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer († 1963)
• 1905 » Myrna Loy, American actress († 1993)
• 1907 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author († 1984)
• 1910 » Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)

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.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• 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.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on August 2, 1905 was between 11.5 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.