About the day » Saturday December 16, 1905Calender converter

• ? van Opstal, Terheijden († 1905)
• Agatha Johanna Maria van Oostrum, Schiedam,- († 1964)
• Anna Elisabeth Baarschers, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Antonie van Zadelhoff, Baarn (Utrecht) († 1981)
• Albert Wolter Warmels, Het Schut, Hoogeveen
• Wilsgård Bruun, Mefjordvær, Berg, Troms († 1993)
• Albert Moes, Friesch Stroobos, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• adrianus martinus claassens, rotterdam
• Andre Désiré MARICAU, Mesen,8957,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie († 1966)
• Anna Elisabeth Baarschers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Bartholomeus CARLI (49), Semarang (NOI)
• Adriana de BORST (1), Kruiningen
• Angela Sanders (63), Frackel
• Paulina Van Ginneke (79), Steenbergen
• André Victor Cesar Wyffels (0), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Antonie Smorenburg (80), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Hamstra (78), Harderwijk
• Antony Jacques (48), Rotterdam
• Adriana de Weert (66), Etten-Leur
• Adriana TOPS (82), Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1900 » Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer († 1999)
• 1900 » V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic († 1997)
• 1901 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author († 1978)
• 1902 » Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright († 1999)
• 1903 » Hardie Albright, American actor († 1975)
• 1903 » Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet († 1996)
• 1907 » Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress († 2011)
• 1908 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist († 1963)
• 1910 » Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster († 1991)

• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)

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 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 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on December 16, 1905 was between 4.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.