About the day » Friday August 18, 1905Calender converter

• SALTMARSH, Longford, Tasmania, Australia († 1905)
• * Johanna Wilhelmina Bubbert, Schipluiden
• Antonius Adrianus Mulders, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1930)
• Anna Clasina Wennekes, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Anna Marguerite Schilt, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa († 1992)
• Adriaan Jacob de Wit, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1980)
• ... Vrieze, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1921)
• ALPHONSINA ROSALIA MELLEBEEK, Waarloos,, Antwerpen, België
• ALIDA CATHARINA BROEKHUIS, Wormerveer
• Anna Marquerita (Margareth) Schilt, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1992)

• Anne Alberts Oosterhof (63)
• Anna Christina Riwardina (Rivardina-Riverdina) Geerts Wierenga (Wieringa) (84), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina Brugman (23)
• Aleida Gerbrechta Helena van Kesteren (14)
• Ale Oebeleszn Blaauw (68), Hoornsterzwaag
• Aaldert Hofman (21), Arnhem, Nederland
• Albert Andrew Smith (33), Kingsley, Plymouth Co.Iowa
• Alida Bouhuijs (37), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Elshout (71), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Aart van Soest (0), Strijen, Nederland

• 1902 » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter († 1968)
• 1902 » Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author († 2003)
• 1903 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer († 1983)
• 1904 » Max Factor, Jr., American businessman († 1996)
• 1905 » Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer († 1978)
• 1906 » Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer († 1971)
• 1906 » Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1908 » Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster († 1977)
• 1908 » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France († 1988)
• 1908 » Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener († 1994)

• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)

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.
• February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
• December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on August 18, 1905 was between 9.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.