About the day » Thursday November 2, 1905Calender converter

• Adriaantje Plaisier, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Adolf Kuiper, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Aagje Johanna van der Pol, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Pierre Corneille BERGHE, Bas-Warneton,7784,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique,Belgique († 1989)
• Aaltje Schieving, Zwolle († 1939)
• Albertha Catharina Maria Anthonia Brandts, Duiven († 1906)
• Fredrik Doldersum, Hollandscheveld († 1906)
• Alton Beatrice Goode, Christian Co., KY
• Anthonius van Hilten, Utrecht († 1998)
• Aart Buijs, Zaandam

• Albert Jans (61), Meppel
• Adriana Jansen (69), Delft
• Alphonsius De Backer (40), Denderhoutem
• Anthony Zandbergen (69), Vollenhove Ambt (Barsbeek)
• Adrianus Boogers (0), Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ADELE - JOSEPH VANNESTE (84), Dottignies, 7711, Hainaut, Belgique
• Albert Tienkamp (59), Odoorn
• Antonij Zandbergen (68), Barsbeek (Ambt Vollenhove), Overijssel, Nederland
• van Krevel, Rotterdam
• Albert Tienkamp (59), Odoorn

• 1899 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1973)
• 1903 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1905 » Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright († 1989)
• 1905 » Isabella Smith Andrews, New Zealand writer († 1990)
• 1905 » James Dunn, American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic († 1959)
• 1906 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1908 » Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player († 1942)
• 1908 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer († 1983)
• 1910 » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior († 1999)

• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)

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.
• April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• 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.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• 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.

The temperature on November 2, 1905 was between 6.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.