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• Albert Hartsuiker, Winschoten († 1970)
• Albert Drenthen, Brucht († 1978)
• Adrianus Gerardus Zieltjens, Hilversum († 1905)
• Alberta Vogel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Rosalia Kouwijzer, Rotterdam († 1905)
• Aart Schreuder, Putten († 1981)
• - de Blaauw, Vledderveen gem. Onstwedde († 1905)
• Alberdina Oordt, Zwolle († 1948)
• Adrianus Johannes van Mil († 1980)
• Albert Kuipers, Peelo (Assen)

• Aartje Hattums de Vries (76), St. Nicolaasga
• Aartje Hattums de Vries (76), Doniawerstal, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Benjamin Harrison Greenfield (14), George, Lyon County, Iowa
• Arend Schuijlenburg (76), Apeldoorn-'t Loo
• Anna Maria Romijn (72), Leiden
• Aaltje De Goede (20), Wanneperveen
• - de Blaauw (0), Vledderveen gem. Onstwedde
• Berendina Lievestro (88), Ruurlo
• Annigje van den Berg (88), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cilliers (26)

• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress († 2003)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)
• 1911 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Dorothy Janis, American actress († 2010)
• 1912 » Saul Chaplin, American composer († 1997)
• 1913 » Frank Tashlin, American animator and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1913 » Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza († 2007)

• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on February 19, 1905 was between 2.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.