About the day » Thursday March 2, 1905Calender converter

• Allegonda van der Doelen, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Andre Lodewijk Joseph KNAPEN, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adriaantje Brouwer, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Agnes Richard, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• ?? Amiabel, Den Haag
• Aagje BOELSZ
• Akke DIJKSTRA, Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Alma A Gregory, Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Alida Romein, Hillegersberg
• Anna Deboer, Minnesota, United States († 1970)

• Adriaan Jacobs (64), Gestel, Eindhoven, Nederland
• aart KRIJGSMAN (90), klaaswaal
• Albert ten Lande (0), de Pol (Steenwijkerwold)
• "Gustave" Armand Henri de Reiset (83), Breuil, Eure, France
• Alida Gezina Oterdoom (68), Midlaren, Nederland
• Ann LAKE (85), Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Allegonda Mensen (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Charlotte Daume (63), Memphis, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• AlbertusTeunis van Duijl (0), Rotterdam
• Anna van Tilburg (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
• 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)

• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)

• 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.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
• November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

The temperature on March 2, 1905 was between -2.0 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.