About the day » Wednesday November 15, 1905Calender converter

• Agnes Aleida Johanna LUCHTERS († 1991)
• Weening, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1905)
• Andries Dekker, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Anje Harkes Visser, Ruigezand
• Adriana de Nooijer, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1905)
• Albert Dietrich Lienemann, Saunders County, Nebraska († 1983)
• Andreas Cornelis Smeulders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Oers, Schiedam († 1945)
• Alida Jacoba van Beelen, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Allerdina Elsina Niemeijer, Den Ham, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland

• Annigje Visser (16), Sliedrecht
• Bart Jan van Tuil (78), den Haag
• Weening (0), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend van Zwetselaar (0), Veenendaal, Gemeente Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aarjen Bakker (78), Alkmaar
• Aartje Schilt (71), Stedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Johannes van der Bank (53)
• Auke Terpstra (75), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Angenis Post (0), Oosseld (Doetinchem Ambt)
• Elizabet Bosters (34), Antwerpen

• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)
• 1905 » Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1906 » Curtis LeMay, American general and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel († 1944)
• 1908 » Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth († 1979)
• 1912 » Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic († 2010)
• 1912 » Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel († 1945)

• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)

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.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• 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.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on November 15, 1905 was between -1.3 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.