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• Albert Krap, Dokkum
• Alfons Camps, Heist-op-den-Berg, België († 1999)
• Adriana Josina Scheepers, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa († 1985)
• Agnes Goossens, Groot Genhout,, Limburg, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana Crijnjte Holswilder, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandre de Tour et Valsassina-Como-Vercelli
• Albert Visser, Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Alberta Hillegonda Quint, Elst (Utrecht) († 1974)
• Albert Bruins, 's Heerenbroek († 1906)
• Albert Krap, Dokkum

• Alegonda van Hoorn (69), Loon op Zand
• Agnes Anna Maria Jeanette Coumans (0), Nederweert,, Limburg, Nederland
• "Ernest" Louis Frédéric de Tarragon (81), château des Minières, Azé, Loir-et-Cher, France
• Alberdina Maria Heijnen (68), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van Westen (87), Zierikzee, Schouwen-Duiveland,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Bree (43), Deurne en Liessel
• Adriana Hendrika Johanna Gruijls, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Fokker (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annetje Gielen (84), Rhoon
• Agatha (ook Amanda) Stolwijk (40), Racine / Wisconsin VS

• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)
• 1899 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer († 1968)
• 1900 » Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 († 1961)
• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
• 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)

• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 1922 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)

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.
• May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
• November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
• November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

The temperature on January 6, 1905 was between 3.1 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.