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• Albert Bueno de Mesquita, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anita Herrick, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut († 1964)
• Abrahamina Elisabeth Maria Escabache, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Albert Davenschot, Magele
• Achiel Odiel Edmond Rotty, Loppem, Zedelgem, West Flanders, Belgium
• Aart Lammertse, Baarn († 1905)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hageman, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• * Hendrikus Lambertus Petrus Johannes van Osch, Rosmalen († 1927)
• * Catharina Maria Gertruda Kuppers, Venlo († 1979)
• Adriana Gerdina van Ommeren († 1978)

• Anna Bergacker (76), Echteld,Gelderland,Nederland
• Abraham Conrad van Eldik (70), Den Haag
• * Jacob van den Berg (43)
• Jansen (0), Husberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Bernard Hein (1), Doetinchem
• Albertus Gernant (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Havermans (80), Oud en nieuw Gastel
• Apolonia van Dijk (84), Monster
• Aleida Keimpes Heidsma (21), Utingeradeel
• Alfons Ghijs (29), Eede

• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)
• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)

• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

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 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• 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 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
• November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

The temperature on May 29, 1905 was between 11.2 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.