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• Anna Adriana Catharina Willemse, Gilze en Rijen († 1972)
• Angelina (Celine) Lemmens, 3582 Koersel-Beringen, Limburg, BE († 1976)
• Anna Eijzinga († 1931)
• Adriana Maria van Loon, Elshout
• Anthonij Frederik Turpijn, Soemenep, Ned. Indie
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Jansen, Oeffelt († 1996)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Geel, Woensdrecht
• Angelina Lemmens, Koersel, Limburg, België († 1976)
• Aften Julia Godfrey
• Anthonius Dijkhuis, Putten († 1905)

• Antoon Gergoski (0), Rheden
• Bernardus Voorendt (63), Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Riet (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Gargoski (0), Rheden
• Anna Maria van Berkel (82), Oss
• Bertha Cornelia Dekker (18), Gouda
• Dries Van Hulzen (63), Marion County, Iowa
• Cornelis Roodnat (61), Alblasserdam
• Bernardus VOORENDT (63), IJsselstein
• Aaltje Voorhorst (58), Erve .... Wilp

• 1897 » Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1897 » Paul Gallico, American journalist and author († 1976)
• 1900 » Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher († 1983)
• 1903 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1904 » Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator († 1981)
• 1906 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant († 1943)
• 1908 » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor († 2002)
• 1909 » Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1913 » Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician († 2012)

• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (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. 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.
• 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.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on July 26, 1905 was between 14.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.