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• Alphonses Adrianus Meeuwesen, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Johannes Verdult, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert van Dijken, Noorddijk, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Alberdina Johanna Wilhelmina van Cleef, Leiden
• Aaltje Snippe, Zwinderscheveld
• Adrianus Antonius Oerlemans, Udenhout, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Akse, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1905)
• Aartje van Hulst, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Huisman, Herwen en Aerdt († 1973)
• Aart Verkaik, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)

• Amedé Aubroeck (39), Temse
• Anna Slootman (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benno Heinrich Markwald - Dr. (51), Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• bastiaan TIMS (69), zwijndrecht
• Akse (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Antje Middelveld, Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adriaantje van 't Zelfde (85), Heerjansdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje de Winter (0), Limmen
• Adrianus van de Nes (1), Edam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Clémantine Peulen (21), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1902 » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1977)
• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)
• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1905 » Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator († 1997)
• 1907 » Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician († 1986)
• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1907 » William Shawn, American journalist († 1992)

• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)

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.
• April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• 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 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on August 31, 1905 was between 10.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.