About the day » Sunday December 24, 1905Calender converter

• Anna Stelling, Wormerveer († 2005)
• Adam Johan Jozef Hermans, Vaals († 1906)
• Alice Edith Keil, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albertje Kollen († 1937)
• adrianus de WIT, hendrik ido ambacht
• Adrianus Joseph Wilhelm van de Klundert, Tilburg († 1972)
• Abraham Man in 't Veld, Rockanje
• Anna Maria Bladder, Deurne († 1980)
• Anna 'Ans' van Dijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1948)
• Adriana Catharina RIETVELD, Lisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)

• Arijaantje van der Vaart (83), Vinkeveen en Waverveen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltien van der Kamp (27), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hondebrink (78), Geesteren
• Adriana Jakoba van der Lelij (65), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dobber (87), Amsterdam
• Andries Onclin (1), leeuwarden
• Cornelia van Gulick (75), Delft
• Arnoldus van Swaaij (Zwaaij) (73), Arnhem
• Catharina Maria van Hulsteijn (44), Weltevreden, Dutch East Indies
• Abraham Burgerhout (1), Rotterdam

• 1900 » Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki († 1980)
• 1900 » Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland († 1991)
• 1903 » Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer († 1971)
• 1903 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director († 1972)
• 1904 » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman († 2008)
• 1905 » Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot († 1976)
• 1906 » Franz Waxman, German-American composer and conductor († 1967)
• 1907 » I. F. Stone, American journalist and author († 1989)
• 1910 » Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete († 1991)

• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)

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.
• January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• 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 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

The temperature on December 24, 1905 was between -1.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.