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• adriana alida maria mescher, hoorn, noord-holland, nederland (noord-holland, nederland)
• Adriana Marientje van Zijll, Sliedrecht († 1985)
• Abraham Bliek, Den Haag († 1991)
• Aaltje Berendina Reinders, den Velde († 1938)
• Aagje Wiering, Anna Paulowna
• Ada Mildred Hopkinson, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England († 1975)
• Albert van Oenen († 1972)
• Albertus Strijker († 1998)
• Alberdina Borger, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1982)
• aaldert cornelisz (2) bak, denhelder († 1905)

• Berend Sytzes Fokkinga (0), Stroobos, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Johannes Urgert (51), ,, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Allena Alena Ann Long (65), Miracle Run, Monongalia Cnty, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Francisca Moens (86), Weert
• Antje Gijzenij (0), Leiden
• Adriana van Beers (38), Loon op Zand
• Anje Tiemens van der Laan (74), Hudsonville (Michigan, USA)
• Agatha Cornelia Johanna van Baaren (8), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Atje van der Velde (74), Sint Nicolaasga
• Anna Landsberg Landsberger (70), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland

• 1900 » Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author († 1977)
• 1901 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist († 1970)
• 1901 » Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author († 1981)
• 1904 » Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction († 1966)
• 1906 » Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal († 1989)
• 1907 » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist († 2004)
• 1908 » Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria († 1990)
• 1908 » James Stewart, American actor († 1997)
• 1908 » Louis Daquin, French actor and director († 1980)

• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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 May 20, 1905 was between 8.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.