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• Andries (Dries) Windhorst
• Aaltje Stoker, Drouwen Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1912)
• Aaltje Wolting, Beilen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1997)
• Aaltje Huising († 1999)
• Haverkamp († 1905)
• Aaltje Schut, Brummen, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Bosveld, Rheden († 1906)
• , Scherpenzeel, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1905)
• Adrianus Petrus van Hout, Geldrop († 1945)
• Albertus Johannes Cooijmans, Den Dungen († 1977)

• Barbera de Brandt (15), Middelburg
• Aldegonda VOGELS (76), Gemert, 3584, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Maria Gerrits (0), Gassel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Jan van der Linden (53), Zuid-Beijerland
• Alida Maria de Lange (61), Elst, Nederland
• Arij Kooij (78), IJsselmonde
• Jacoba Arnoldina Bouhuizen (28), -Rotterdam
• Adriana Catharina Janssen (0), Elst, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van der Kuijl (73), Vlissingen
• Abraham Westers (43), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1900 » Alice Neel, American painter († 1984)
• 1903 » Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator († 1978)
• 1903 » Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS († 1971)
• 1906 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician († 1992)
• 1906 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete († 1991)
• 1908 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)
• 1911 » Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient († 2018)
• 1912 » Jackson Pollock, American painter († 1956)

• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on January 28, 1905 was between 2.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.