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• Albertus Petrus Willemse, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Braam, Emmen († 1905)
• Adolphe Marie Joseph Ghislain GRÉGOIRE († 1968)
• Abraham Floresse, Middelburg († 1905)
• Vosters, Ravels (België) († 1905)
• Adriana Donck, Valkenswaard
• Agnes Josephine Alvey, Hardin County, Kentucky († 1970)
• Anna Cornelia Maria de Greeff, Voorburg († 1926)
• Abraham Leons, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Anje BOLT, Uithuizen († 1992)

• Annigje Kok (36), Westerbork, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendrikus van Roode (0), Haarlem
• Antoinetta Baas (0), Ridderkerk
• Adrianus Hubertus Hendrikx (62), Poppel (België)
• (Jan) Harm Berends (68), Lauderbeetse, Vlagtwedde
• Aaltje Gorens (81)
• Augustinus Albertus Libens (12), Velm, België
• Antoinetta Helena van der Zon (1), Beverwijk
• Anna BAMBACHT (8), Herwijnen (Gld.)
• Anne Tjeerdsz Miedema (69), Ubbergen, ge.nld

• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)
• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1906 » Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1907 » Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author († 1982)
• 1908 » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer († 1989)
• 1909 » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author († 1944)
• 1910 » Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)

• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

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 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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 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.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
• December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

The temperature on May 5, 1905 was between 7.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.