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• Aaltje Kappen, Veendam
• ALEXANDER SCHELLEVIS, ROTTERDAM († 1978)
• Albertus Jacobus l'Istelle, Den Helder
• Anna Maria Cijrilla Raaijmakers, Sint-Oedenrode († 1906)
• Adam Jean Mathieu STRIJCKERS, Maaseik († 1989)
• Adriana, Henrica, Maria KLAASEN, Baarle-Nassau († 2002)
• Alida Zwaan van der, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrica Maria Klaassen, Baarle-Nassau († 2002)
• Alice Louisa Josepha Mangnus, Sint Jansteen († 1951)
• Albertje de Vries, Valthermond, Odoorn († 1906)

• Antje van der Sluijs (71), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Josemanders (79), Gassel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Geers (59), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Andries Heeren (69), OUdenbosch
• Annigjen Langevoort (70), Heerde (buurtschap Horsthoek)
• Annigje Langevoort (70), Horsthoek (Heerde), Gld, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Josepha Ghering (0), Tilburg
• Antonius Petrus Roestenberg (0), Loon op Zand
• Anna Maria Josepha Ghering (0), Tilburg
• Aafke Alkema (31), Martenshoek, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland

• 1899 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor († 1970)
• 1900 » Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, First Lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 († 1993)
• 1900 » Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor († 1985)
• 1901 » Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer († 1986)
• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)
• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (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.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
• 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.

The temperature on December 2, 1905 was between -2.9 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.