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• Albert Boertien, Hollandscheveld († 1978)
• Aloysius Apollonia Antonius Sledsens, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1906)
• Alida Maria Vandewalle, Lichtervelde († 1991)
• * Dina Rijnten, Arnhem († 1987)
• Aaltje Hendriks Zootjes, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aloysius Franciscus Boone († 1964)
• Albert Boertien, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Aaltje Trip, Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Achille LOOBUYCK, Ruddervoorde Belgie († 1994)
• Aaltje Zootjes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Baukje Miedema (23), Tzummarum, Friesland, Nederland
• Brechtje van 't Veer (0), Assendelft NH NL
• ANNA HULSPAS (40), LOOSDUINEN
• Anna Maria Josepha Wijnen (40), Voerendaal
• Baukje Hendriks de Jong (73), Eernewoude
• Augustinus Livinus Verstraete (46), Evergem
• Anna Hulspas (40), Loosduinen
• Adriana op 't Hof (71), 's-Heer Arendskerke
• Camille Edouard Joseph Vanneste (48), Mouscron, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Carolus Ludovicus Bockstael (64), Nieuwerkerken

• 1901 » Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician († 1951)
• 1903 » Billie Dove, American actress († 1997)
• 1904 » Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator († 1973)
• 1904 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist († 1961)
• 1905 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver († 1981)
• 1905 » Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist († 1989)
• 1905 » Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian († 1974)
• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1907 » Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat († 2005)
• 1908 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author († 2000)

• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)

• 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 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• 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 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on May 14, 1905 was between 3.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.