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• Allegonda Maria Antonia Hoogenboom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Jansen, Harderwijk († 1993)
• Aaltje Oldenburger, Veendam († 1999)
• Albert Mathildis VEREYCKEN, Schelle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1995)
• Alida Niemantsverdriet, Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Adrianus Klijn, Dordrecht († 1971)
• Alberdina Antoinetta Maria Willems, Den Haag († 1986)
• Albert De Jager, Stadskanaal, Onstwedde,, Groningen, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Marinus Megens, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Achiel Joseph COSAERT, Roubaix, France († 1988)

• Albertus Roelofs Posthumus (0), Assen
• Adriaan Johannes van Rijsewijk (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacobus Baden (0), Zuidzande
• Angenis Reiniera Beumer (79), Epe
• Adriana (2) BOUTER (53), Groot-Ammers (1817-1986) (Ammers-Graafland) Liesveld (1986-2013) Molenwaard (2013-2019) Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida BRUGMAN (0), Nijmegen
• Adriana Bouter (53), Groot Ammers
• Alexander Johannes Hermans Dijckmeester (59), Deventer
• Adriana Bouter (53), Groot-Ammers
• Adriaan Jacobus Baden (0), Zuidzande

• 1900 » Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG († 1993)
• 1901 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author († 1941)
• 1902 » Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1903 » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor († 1995)
• 1904 » Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author († 1980)
• 1905 » William Loeb III, American publisher († 1981)
• 1907 » Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician († 1998)
• 1908 » Ralph Hill, American runner († 1994)
• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

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.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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.

The temperature on December 26, 1905 was between -2.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.