About the day » Tuesday January 31, 1905Calender converter

• Antonia Jacoba Bergers, Leiden
• Antje Krol, Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Hormans, Dongen († 1905)
• Albertus Navis, Gendringen, Nederland
• Adriana (Sjaan) HEERINGS, Voorhout (NL/ZH) († 1982)
• Aaltje Kelderman, Ede, Gelderland, Nl († 1934)
• Alida Bakker, Ridderkerk
• Albert Berkenbosch, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Adrianus Jacobus van den Berghe, Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna Robart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1982)

• Aaltje Wichard (1), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• - van den Ouden (0), Nieuwe-Tonge
• Adrianus van den Akker (71), Delft,-
• Antoinette Saalfeld (0), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van den Akker (71), delft
• Pier Visser (60), Doniawerstal
• Aaltje Wichard (3), Amersfoort, prov. Utrecht
• Aletta Pieternella Visser (82), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Dijkman (59), hellendoorn
• Abraham Bogaard (80), Marion, Iowa, United States

• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)
• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)

• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

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 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.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• 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 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.

The temperature on January 31, 1905 was between 3.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.