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• Alberdina Woortman, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1905)
• Adauto Pereira de Almeida, Tatui, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana van Dongen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Adrianus Petrus Ravestein, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Adriaan van den Bijl, Duivendijke Zeeland Nederland († 1987)
• Adrianus Kaandorp, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriaan Zwart, Velsen († 1906)
• Adrianus Andreas Franciscus Notten, Woensel, N-Brabant, Nederland († 1905)
• Adrianus Andreas Franciscus Notten, Woensel († 1905)
• Alida du Buf, Rotterdam († 1906)

• Anna Adelheid Gerdes (70), Oberlangen, Lathen
• Arend Nijmeijer (55)
• Aaltje Wassink (59), Deventer
• Anne Piers Bottinga (44), Arnhem, GL, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Wenneker (67), Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anne Bottinga (43), Arnhem {GE}
• Anna Maria Bertels (46), Retie
• Anna Maria Leus (29), Borgloon
• Anna Margaretha Wenneker (67), Rühlertwist, Twist, Germany
• Alida Jacoba (Z)Suyderhoud (55), Hoogland

• 1900 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver († 1981)
• 1901 » Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy († 1961)
• 1905 » Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1988)
• 1905 » Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia († 1993)
• 1906 » Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau († 1989)
• 1907 » Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist († 2019)
• 1908 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic († 1970)
• 1908 » Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic († 1997)
• 1909 » Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1909 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader († 1951)

• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)

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 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes 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 April 1, 1905 was between 2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.