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• Adriana Cornelia den OTTER, Barendrecht, zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Berkel, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Blancke, Schoonebeek (Dalen) Niederlande
• Achilles Josephus Verbert, Reet, Rumst, Provincie Antwerpen († 1984)
• Adrianus Vellekoop, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Adrianus Tijm, Harenkarspel
• Adriana Petronella van der STOEL, Alphen († 1958)
• Aaltje Kramer, Dalerveen, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Eleonore Abell, Soerabaja, Ned. Indië († 1937)
• Andreas Adrianus Maria Didden, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adriana IJpelaar (75), Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Hofstede (57), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIANA POT (2), OOSTERBEEK (GEMEENTE RENKUM)
• Agatha Stege (21), Kolham (Slochteren, Groningen)
• Ariaantje Elizabeth Bakker (17), Ridderkerk
• van Lavieren (0), Tiel
• Anna Maria Last (67), Oud-Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Zwaan (67), Oudijk
• Adrianus (Ary) Cornelisz HOFSTEEDE (57), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ambrosius Augustinus van Gool (70), Arendonk (België)

• 1899 » Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian († 2015)
• 1900 » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist († 1954)
• 1900 » Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician († 1946)
• 1908 » Hélène Boucher, French pilot († 1934)
• 1908 » John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1910 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader († 2004)
• 1910 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic († 1962)
• 1910 » Hugh Casson, English architect and academic († 1999)
• 1910 » Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator († 1952)
• 1910 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian († 1986)

• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

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.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• 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.
• 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 average temperature on May 23, 1905 was 6.7 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.