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• Adrianus Groot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Florentin te Pas
• Abraham Spaeter, Vlissingen († 1963)
• Albert Joseph Verheggen, Ruhrort, Duitsland († 1977)
• Anna Geertruida Smits, Deil (Geldermalsen) († 2000)
• Albert Ybema, Huizum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• van Holstein
• Aafke Grooten, Emmen († 1983)
• Aaltje Tjoelker, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Margaretha Doop, Hoenkoop

• Adriana Johanna Maria WILLEMSEN (19), Rotterdam (Z-H)
• Blondina Rosalia Bogaert (80), Klerken
• Albert Joseph Delahaye (78), Merkstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duitsland
• Betje Kloot (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arij Reedijk (79), Hekelingen
• Benjamin van Dijk (0), IJsselmonde
• Arie Cornelis HALLING (0), Stolwijk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Antonia Maria TAUSCH (35), Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Bruns (83), Husberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antoine NICOLAY (38), SERAING, Liège, Belgique

• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)
• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)

• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)

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.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• 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 May 22, 1905 was between 2.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.