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• Adriana Johanna van der Flier, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Albertus Hermanus Mulder, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wubs, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1984)
• Adam Christiaan Drenth, Winterswijk († 1978)
• Adriana Cornelia Mos, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Anna Maria Keulen, Brunssum, Nederland († 1965)
• Noordam, Naaldwijk (ZH-NLD)
• Aaltje van der Schaaf, amsterdam, Nederland († 1928)
• Adriaan Hendrik Philip Augustijn, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1961)
• Adriana Sara Wilhelmina Uithof († 1979)

• Bernhard Heinrich Wösten (49), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aafje Smit (71), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Smit (71), Opperdoes (71jr)
• Albertus van Goethem (0), Zwijndrecht
• Andreas Hendrikus Buitenhuis (74), Apeldoorn {GE}, Zevenhuizen
• Andries Hendriks "Andries" Schokker (68), Dedemsvaart
• Bernhardus Heinrich Benedictus Schrameijer (61), Tubbergen
• Andreas Schokker (68), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Kraakman (34), Zijpe
• Aaltje van de Water (20), Nijkerk, Nederland

• 1902 » Irene Ryan, American actress († 1973)
• 1903 » Andrei Grechko, Soviet general († 1976)
• 1903 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter († 1940)
• 1905 » Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly († 1996)
• 1906 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player († 1987)
• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)
• 1908 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress († 1988)
• 1908 » Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1969)
• 1908 » Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player († 1980)

• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)

• 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.
• June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• 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.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on October 17, 1905 was between 2.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.