About the day » Thursday August 3, 1905Calender converter

• Anna Lamberta Adriana Kusters, Vierlingsbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Izaak Mulder, Terschelling
• Anna Báder († 1907)
• Adriana Goverdina Antonette Kuijten, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Luiken, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Albert Lanjouw, Anloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Eext († 1980)
• Andries Evert Holthuis, Hengelo
• Aaltje Sijes Halma, Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aafke Visser, Leeuwarden
• Aletha G Gabbert, New London, Henry, Iowa, United States († 1997)

• Anna Adelheid Düllmann (68), TerApelkanaal
• Adrianus Romein (76), Valburg
• Anje Lameijer (0), Westerlee, Groningen, Nederland
• Casper Henrich Voth (77), Quincy, Adams Co., Ill, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Gerrits, Beugen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albro L. Cummings (0), Seattle, King Co., WA
• Annigje Francina Schipper (0), Hekelingen, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albertus Frederik Grosmann (28), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Houtschilt (69), Groningen
• Antonia Damen (71), Haarlemmermeer

• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1902 » David Buttolph, American film composer († 1983)
• 1902 » Regina Jonas, German rabbi († 1944)
• 1903 » Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia († 2000)
• 1904 » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress († 1983)
• 1905 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal († 2004)
• 1907 » Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil († 1996)
• 1907 » Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)

• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

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.
• September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
• November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
• December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on August 3, 1905 was between 10.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.