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• Andries Willemse, Leiden († 1977)
• Alice Twombly Burden, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States († 1905)
• Adrianus Franciscus MATTHIJSSEN, WOUW, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der MEER, Zoetermeer († 1975)
• Alidor Victor VANOOTEGHEM, Gullegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1963)
• Alida Sara Maria Sophia Meijer, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Hendricus van Wingaarden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alise Alberdina Marie van Lamoen, Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Helena Gerda Allaer, Izegem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Havermans, Oud Gastel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)

• Alberta Legerstee
• Alida van Bennekom (0), Zeist, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Maria Baekelmans (64), Broechem, Antwerpen, België
• Aaltje van Oosten (50), Scharmer
• van Zeben (0), Assen
• Adriana Pikaar (60), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Adrianna Pikaar (60), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Netherland
• Adrianus de Graaf (63), Gouda
• Aaltje VAN HEEMST (85), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Amy Welliver (94)

• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)
• 1901 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist († 1989)
• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (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.
• January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• 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.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
• 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.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on January 4, 1905 was between 0.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.