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• Adella Henrietta Dorothea Schuster, St.Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Alice Margaretha Emma "Sandy" Sandbrink, Ritzville, Adams Co., Washington († 1984)
• Aaldrik Hund, Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands († 1981)
• Alida Koks († 1993)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van ALPHEN, Haaften (Gld.)
• Roex († 1905)
• Adrianus Jacobus Leonardus Horward, Teteringen († 1971)
• Ale Slottje, Harlingen († 1984)
• Albert Strijk, Assen († 1905)
• Adriana (Sjaan) de Kroon, Gouda

• Adrianus Petrus de Swart (80), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Bezemer (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Visser (7), Lemsterland
• Antonius Adrianus Knappers (1), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria JACOBS (85), Sledderlo (Limburg) (B)
• Antonetta van der List (47), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Arnolda van ESCH (80), Oisterwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth De Witt (53), Amsterdam (NL)
• Albert Bruijs (57), Veenendaal
• Antje Rinzes de Vos (60), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
• 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)
• 1905 » David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician († 1981)
• 1906 » André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist († 1999)
• 1907 » Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1907 » Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam († 1988)
• 1909 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer († 1955)
• 1909 » Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State († 1994)
• 1909 » Heather Angel, English-American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)

• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)

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.
• February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on February 9, 1905 was between -2.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.