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• Adrienne Juliette Gisbert, Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou, Algérie († 1980)
• Adrianus Wolfs, Goirle,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Albert Clemens Fischer, Meeker, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1910)
• Alida Geertruida Maria Blakenburg, Oudewater († 1990)
• Alexander Leenders, Tiel
• Adriana Antonia Catharina Maria Wisse, Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL († 1970)
• Prins, Sliedrecht († 1905)
• Albarta Maria Norde, Leesten
• Adolf Christiaan van der Molen, Deinum
• Amelkie Escoubet, Losse (Frankrijk) († 1993)

• "Aldegonda" Alagonda Alagonda (56), Ottersum, NL
• Annigje Streef, Culemborg, Provincie Gelderland
• Antonius Hubertus van Pol (27), Montfort
• Ann Elizabeth Bradley (74), Virginia, United States
• Lagerweij, 's Gravenhage
• Aaltjen Grotenhuis (71), Elen en Rhaan
• Anna Maria Hinderks Meise (83), Wybelsum, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Anna Margaretha Schmitz (2), Hilter, Lathen
• Adelheid Kleene, Dörpen
• Prins (0), Sliedrecht

• 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
• 1903 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator († 1984)
• 1904 » John Snagge, English journalist († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader († 1965)
• 1906 » Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1910 » Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher († 1975)
• 1910 » George Male, English footballer († 1998)
• 1910 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer († 1981)

• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

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.
• 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 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on May 8, 1905 was between 4.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.