About the day » Sunday January 29, 1905Calender converter

• Aafje Veltrop, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Willemina Jansen Venneboer, Zelhem,Gemeente Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aart Klarenbeek, Putten
• Aartje van der Meer, Maasland, Nederland († 1974)
• Alberdina Frijlink, Zalk en Veecaten († 1988)
• Albertje Boers, Wapserveen
• Adrianus Maria Bloks (Blocks), Zwolle
• , 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1950)
• Aagje Smit, Broek op L'dijk († 1970)
• Aaltje Wierda, Oldemarkt

• Andrew Dewar (77), 27 Nairn Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland
• Aaltje Jans Mulder (71), Oudedijk, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonia Teeuwen (50), Venray
• Albert Nieuwenhuis (0), Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Kamphuis (42), Sappemeer (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aalbert van Beek (74), Apeldoorn
• Agnes Vanoppen, Stokrooie
• Agatha Eleonora Brondgeest (68), Almen
• Albert Petrus Nieuwenhuis (0), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Flohr (27), Soerabaja

• 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)
• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)
• 1906 » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1989)
• 1913 » Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)
• 1917 » John Raitt, American actor and singer († 2005)

• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

• 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 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

The temperature on January 29, 1905 was between 1.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.