About the day » Saturday February 11, 1905Calender converter

• Adolf ZOETEBIER, Oud-Schoonebeek (Schoonebeek), Drenthe, Nederland († 1905)
• aimable HORLIN, Boussu (Belgium) († 1996)
• Aaltje Linde, Zuidwolde ( Dr ) († 1997)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Ekelenburg, Rotterdam
• Alex Victor Hinne, Bedok (Blora)
• Alida Rooduijn, Rotterdam
• Anna Cornelia Balemans
• Aafje Koster, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Alexandra Imogen Clair GRENFELL, London England U.K († 1969)
• Adriana de Rooij, Raamsdonk († 1906)

• Anna Catharina Erven (81), Vaals
• Alida Allegonda VLOETMANS (78), rossum
• Andries Algra (69), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje KUIK (54), Beilen
• Adrianus Johannes Stoop (0), Vught
• Aaltje Huisjes (38), Brucht
• Adrianus Johannes Stoop (0), Vught
• Anna Hagedoorn (41), Ootmarsum, Dinkelland, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Alida Hendrika Petronella Thiart b4c4d5 (62), Rasgat, dist Piketberg
• Andries Bokkes Algra (69), Leeuwarden

• 1900 » Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education († 1994)
• 1900 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar († 2002)
• 1900 » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist († 1958)
• 1902 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel († 1971)
• 1904 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1983)
• 1904 » Lucile Randon, French Supercentenarian
• 1908 » Philip Dunne, American screenwriter († 1992)
• 1908 » Vivian Fuchs, English explorer († 1999)
• 1909 » Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1909 » Max Baer, American boxer and actor († 1959)

• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)

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 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

The temperature on February 11, 1905 was between -1.0 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.