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• Anna Gertrud Beckers, Waldenrath (Du) († 1984)
• Angenita Willemina Akkerman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pieters Cupido*, Terschelling (Frl.) († 1980)
• Anna Horsman († 1935)
• Anette Helena(deetje) van der Wal, Tebing Tinggi, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia († 2001)
• Adrianus Martinus Mertens, Halsteren († 1905)
• Adriana Koppert, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana van Holst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Willem Jan Gagestein, Vlaardingen († 1995)
• Adrianus SCHOUTEN, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albertus Kramer (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Parker (20), Reaves Ferry,Horry County,South Carolina
• Anna Maria van der Vorst (80), Echt (Gebroek)
• Anthonia Benschop (59), Snelrewaard,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters' Kistemaker (73), Wijdenes
• Andreas Slager (45), Amsterdam
• Brokken (0), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adèle Aimée VIEL (75), Paris 17 Batignolles-Monceau,Paris,Île-de-France,FRANCE
• Antje Jans Frankema (92), Ouwsterhaule, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonetta Walraven (0), eindhoven, Nederland

• 1903 » Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter († 1945)
• 1903 » William Lyon, American film editor († 1974)
• 1904 » John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player († 1997)
• 1904 » Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer († 1984)
• 1905 » Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. († 1957)
• 1905 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas († 1978)
• 1906 » Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer († 2007)
• 1906 » Leo Halle, Dutch footballer († 1992)
• 1907 » Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer († 1991)
• 1907 » Jānis Mendriks, Latvian Catholic priest († 1953)

• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)

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.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• 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.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on January 21, 1905 was between -5.4 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.