About the day » Tuesday August 1, 1905Calender converter

• Alfred Max Levy († 1973)
• Amaat Adolf Juliaan Delie, Oostnieuwkerke († 1980)
• Angele Moons, Beert († 1986)
• Anna Maria Slits, Gemert, Gemert-Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1926)
• Adrianus Smit, Rotterdam († 1906)
• Anna Laura Hauver († 1999)
• Alice Louise Barden, Minnesota († 1994)
• Adriana van Zutphen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aline Vanden Broeck, Sint-Niklaas († 1998)
• Alida Wilhelmina SCHOLMAN, Utrecht

• Bartholomeus Verlegh (83), Ginneken, Netherlands
• Antje Stoeten (0), Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antoon Barten (73), Nederasselt, Nederland
• Aaltien Gankema (53), Zuidlaarderveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Plitscher (0), Susteren
• Antoon Barten (73), Nederasselt, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bertha Nathan (73), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholomeus Verlegh (83), Ginneken en Bavel
• +Edmund Egbert+ Rachel (15), Lauda-Königshofen-Main-Tauber-BW
• Antje Smit (75), De Goorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)
• 1901 » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer († 1925)
• 1903 » Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic († 1993)
• 1907 » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1910 » Gerda Taro, German war photographer († 1937)
• 1910 » James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1910 » Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer († 2003)
• 1911 » Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist († 1985)

• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)

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.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)

The temperature on August 1, 1905 was between 12.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.