About the day » Friday August 4, 1905Calender converter

• Albert August Ille, Sterling, Comanche, Okla († 1975)
• Adam Petrus Daas, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Amalia KOPERENBERG, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Rorije, Heerde, Nederland († 1927)
• Ale Tiekstra, Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriana Johanna Martina Fukken, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1979)
• Adrianus Evers, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Maria Isabella Ferdinanda Krieckaert, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1905)
• Alida Geertruida Waaijer, Edam († 1985)
• Albert Dam, Giethoorn († 1980)

• Aagje van Ham (79), Oud-Beijerland (Zuid-Holland)
• de Jong (0), Oudega (Small.)
• Alle Alberts Reenders (62), Grand Haven Michigan USA, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonio Robortone (72), Armento, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
• Antoon Maria Hubert Wolters (51), Beegden
• Arnoldus Franciscus Roeleveld (29), Mijdrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Aaltje Dujis (59), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aalt (Aald) Stuivenberg (64), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aleida Willemsen (70), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beert Schuurman (85), Nunspeet, Gld, The Netherlands

• 1901 » Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer († 1972)
• 1901 » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer († 1971)
• 1902 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1904 » Helen Kane, American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1904 » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager († 1973)
• 1904 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright († 1969)
• 1905 » Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar († 1972)
• 1906 » Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer († 1973)
• 1908 » Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor († 1994)
• 1909 » Glenn Cunningham, American runner and academic († 1988)

• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)

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.
• January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on August 4, 1905 was between 15.5 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.