About the day » Thursday February 2, 1905Calender converter

• Aaltje Lubbertjesdr Kramer, Urk († 1961)
• Alida de Vos, Haarlem († 1977)
• Adrianus Antonius KOEKEN, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Starmans, Voerendaal
• Agnes FOTHERINGHAM, Dumbarton,sco († 1986)
• Abraham Johannes Staal, Breda († 1979)
• Alieda de Zoete, Baarn
• Aloysia Ooms, Dessel († 1945)
• Aaltje Lubbertjes Kramer, Urk, Nederland († 1961)
• Albertdina STAM, Oudkarspel, NH, Nederland

• Anna Margretha Alida van der Perk (3), Nieuw Lekkerland
• Aagje Pieter Nomen (90), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Adriaantje Andeweg (5), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antonie Jacobus van Batenburg (6), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Frederiks van Goor (44), Hollandscheveld, Gem. Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Adriana Bout (89), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Kievit (63), Emmen
• Anna Susanna Elebragt (79), Rotterdam
• Antje Hoekstra (8), Ee
• Aaltje Frederiks van Goor (44), Hoogeveen

• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia († 1995)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1904 » Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist († 1997)
• 1905 » Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher († 1982)
• 1908 » Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1909 » Frank Albertson, American actor († 1964)
• 1911 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland († 1968)

• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)

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.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.

The temperature on February 2, 1905 was between 3.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.