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• Adrianus Blankestijn, Nijkerk, Nederland
• Alida Lena Lobrij, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Aaltje Hendriks Otten, Hoogeveen († 1906)
• Agatha Margaretha Maria Krowinkel, Schiedam
• Adriana van der Horst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Adriana van Doorn, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Alida Cossey Van De Vusse, London (UK)
• Adriaan Willem PRINS, Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Aaltje Doek, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 2008)
• Dolmans, Roosendaal (Noord-Brabant) († 1996)

• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Harks (0), Stratum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elida Setså (1), Sjønstå, Fauske
• Adrianus Godefridus Antonius Snoeks (0), Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Anton Gerhard Hendrik VAN GENDEREN STORT (53), Haarlem,, Pays-Bas
• Andries Louwrier (0), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• (1) Lourens (Louwris) Knijn (34), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anton Gerhard Hendrik van Genderen Stort (53), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Gelderblom (5), Ridderkerk
• Anton Gerhard Hendrik van GENDEREN STORT (53), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Johannes Huls (50), Gendringen

• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• 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 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on October 8, 1905 was between -0.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.