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• Pieter Joseph Baert, Breskens († 1981)
• Albert John Gemmell, Martinville, Quebec, Canada († 2004)
• Andries van den Broek, Ermelo († 1985)
• Adriana Maria de Vos, Loon op Zand († 1977)
• Angenita van den Hoek, Rotterdam
• Anna Johanna Warmerdam, Alkemade, Nederland
• Albert Rogaar, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1975)
• Amy Sophia ROGGENKAMP, Franklin Co. (US/NE) († 1991)
• Alexandrina Leal, Pinheiro Machado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Adrianus van IJperen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)

• Adriana Paulina van der Bilt (43), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Van Leeuwen (18), Stolwijk
• Anna Maria Strengers (0), Vlijmen
• Albertus Hendrikus Johannes van Londen (0), Didam (Montferland)
• Andrew J. James (68), Il
• Anna Elisabeth Flach (75), Neuenhain, Duitsland
• Adriana Paulina van der Bilt (43), Arnhem
• Anna Margaretha Elsebeen Muller (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria (Marie) Lobé (46), Rotterdam
• Andrew W James (68), Illinois, United States

• 1900 » Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician († 1942)
• 1903 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1905 » Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer († 1949)
• 1906 » Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City († 2001)
• 1906 » Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader († 1975)
• 1907 » Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator († 1990)
• 1908 » Michael Redgrave, English actor and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower († 1999)
• 1911 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)

• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)

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.
• 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.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• 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.
• 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 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

The temperature on March 20, 1905 was between -1.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.