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• Aloijsia Eugenia Antonia Maria Gussenhoven, Haarlem, NH, Nederland († 1974)
• Amanda Rosa Julia de Waal, Baarle-Nassau († 1979)
• Albertus Kisjes *, Wanneperveen († 1977)
• Adriaantje Alblas, 's Gravendeel († 1950)
• Andries Bogert, Tholen gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1940)
• Aaltje de Bruin, Tienhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1916)
• Adrianus Koppe, Voorhout († 1991)
• Aaltje Dam, Woubrugge
• Agatha Johanna Hannaart, Leiden
• Amelia Zels, Heppen, Limburg, België († 1997)

• Arie van der Padt (54), Rotterdam
• Catharina Geertruida Elisabeth Reker (26), Nieuw Buinen, gemeente Borger
• Arij Munters (24), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina (Katie) van Herpen (60), GRAND HAVEN (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Marinus Krol (0), Amersfoort
• Alida Gezina Klaassens (0), Zuidlaren, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertina Driessen (72), Gassel
• Albertus Wilhelmus van Arnhem (0), Utrecht
• Adriana Maria Onel (49), Amsterdam
• Catharina Gertrudis Elizabeth (Gerhardus Adolfus Lukken) Reker (26), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
• 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
• 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 1968)
• 1902 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor († 2004)
• 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
• 1905 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1909 » Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician († 1992)
• 1910 » Jimmy Demaret, American golfer († 1983)

• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)

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.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on May 24, 1905 was between -1.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.