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• Adriaan Cornelis POLDERDIJK, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Aaltje Koens, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Aaltje Blom, Rotterdam
• Adrianus van den Assem, Krimpen aan den IJssel († 1980)
• Alfons Jozef Medats, Gingelom, België
• Anna Cecilia Kager, Alkmaar
• Albertus Pieter Luijten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Berg, Lincoln township, Iowa († 1993)
• Anna Maria Moers, Maastricht
• Albertus Johannes van Breda, Dodewaard († 1985)

• Anna Elisabeth Geurts (85), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• * Gijsbertje de Haan (69), Sliedrecht
• Amerensia (Amerentia, Emerentia) van Andel (85), Andel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana van de Westelaken (72), Sint-Michielsgestel, NL
• Amelia Lucy Gage (69), Surrey, England
• Adriaantje van 't Hoog (66), Soest
• Aagje Vader (71), Holland, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
• Adrianus Johannes Pouw (0), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nouris (70), Zutphen
• Adriana Bastiaansen

• 1902 » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary († 1945)
• 1903 » William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver († 1945)
• 1905 » Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1906 » Diana Wynyard, English actress († 1964)
• 1906 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot († 1975)
• 1907 » Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1907 » Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2004)
• 1908 » Ethel Merman, American actress and singer († 1984)
• 1908 » Günther Prien, German captain († 1941)
• 1908 » Sammy Crooks, English footballer († 1981)

• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)

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.
• February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on January 16, 1905 was between -9.5 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.