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• Adriana van der Keur, Rotterdam († 1931)
• Albert Berend Verhoef, Renkum(Oosterbeek)
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• Adriana van Bokhoven, Waalwijk († 1976)
• Angela Pioner, Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil († 1986)
• Adrianus Maria van Aggel, Strijp
• Adrien JANS, Antwerpen
• Adriaan Pieter van de Steenoven, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aafje Klaij, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Doddema, Wildervank

• Anthonie van SCHAIK (0), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Caroline Augustine PELTZER (51), Jakarta
• Akke Hendriks Jongsma (60), Oldeboorn, gem. Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Hendriks Jongsma (60), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Clara Bisslik (64), Aruba
• Annigje Alteveer (0), Avereest
• Berendina Eshuis (18), Rijssen
• Adrianus Jacobus van Van Enk (52), Wijhe
• Anna Clara Martha Bislik (64), Arubase Antillen
• Adriana Maria van Zeil, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy († 1999)
• 1902 » Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist († 2003)
• 1902 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician († 1973)
• 1903 » Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger († 1990)
• 1904 » Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1997)
• 1908 » Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach († 1993)
• 1908 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter († 2004)
• 1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)

• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)

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 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
• 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.
• November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on August 22, 1905 was between 13.4 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.