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• Adrianus Johannes Groot, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 1994)
• Adriana van Tilburg, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1925)
• Abraham Walraven van Ham
• Alois Alfons Verhaegen, Schriek, Antwerpen, België († 1989)
• Aafje Zwart, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Albertje Hazelhoff, Blijham (gem. Westerwolde) († 1937)
• Adriana Johanna van Nunen, Hilvarenbeek
• Adriana Barbara Wensveen, Pijnacker, 2641, Nederland († 1905)
• Adriana Fintelman, Dodewaard († 1940)
• Aleida Bouwina Rodenburg, Groningen

• Bernardus Jansen (79), Rheden (Dieren) (Gelderland)
• Anna Maria Vogels (55), Wanssum
• Alexander vo Both (62)
• Anna Geertrui van Lee, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Geertui van Lee (60), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert van der Laan (48), Helpman ( Haren )
• Bertus Nicolaas Storm (37), op zee
• Ann Washington McMichael (85), Colleton, South Carolina
• Albert van der Laan (48), Kostverloren gem. Hoogkerk
• Berendina Kuentjes (58), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1901 » John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer († 1996)
• 1902 » Larry Fine, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist († 1984)
• 1903 » M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic († 1989)
• 1905 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress († 1987)
• 1905 » John Hoyt, American actor († 1991)
• 1907 » Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer († 1997)
• 1907 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic († 1959)
• 1908 » Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician († 1995)

• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

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.
• 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 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

The temperature on October 5, 1905 was between 6.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.