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• Alida Been, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1906)
• Adriana Janse, Heinkenszand,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana Willemina van Sluisdam, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Broek van den, Etten Leur
• Adriana Elisabeth van den Aarssen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Alida Ferdinandus, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1926)
• Aleida Maria Johanna Iding, Bocholt Hemden († 1980)
• Alice Hopper, Alaska (State) († 1990)
• Aantje Gezina Bijker, Nijehaske, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Aaldert Prins, Morra,, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)

• Augustinus VAN DEN NOUWLAND (46), Tilburg, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Kool (70), Moordrecht
• Abel Abbring (64), Rasquert (Baflo)
• adriaan erasmus (82), overzande
• Aartje Alebers (Aalbers) (68), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Bussel (53), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Knippel (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abel ABBRING (64), Baflo Groningen Netherlands
• Albertine Fennechiene Hazelhoff (3), Hoorn (gem. Westerwolde)
• Andreas Sporken (0), Kerkrade (L

• 1900 » Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1900 » Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect († 1970)
• 1902 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator († 1972)
• 1903 » Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system († 1992)
• 1905 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint († 1938)
• 1906 » Jim Smith, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1909 » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer († 1971)
• 1909 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1993)
• 1910 » Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet († 2012)
• 1910 » George Cisar, American baseball player († 2010)

• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)

• 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.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
• 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 25, 1905 was between 5.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.