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• Agnes Katherine de Windt, Kalamazoo Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Plompen, Rilland-Barth Zeeland Nederland († 1905)
• Adriana ter Beek, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Angenes van der Horst, Rotterdam
• Angelina Linda Maria Bortoletto, Burano, Venezia, Italia († 1974)
• Agnes Maria Josephina Hoesen, Maastricht († 1989)
• Adriana van Mullem, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Adriana van Mullem, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel
• Amelia G Rademacher, Kenton County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Anna Petronella Donker, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)

• Anthonius van Meer (0), Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL
• Anna Margaretha Kubben (80), Lutterade, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Poelman (3), Emmen
• Aaltje van Raalte (65), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne (Marie) Vanderschrick (70), Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
• Allison Defrance (74), MC DONALD, PA
• Andreas Vermulst (47), Helmond, Helmond, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Andries (Ouders:Derk Louwes Bos, Renskje Andries Bos (geboren Pruim)) Bos (43), Emmen, Drenthe (NL)
• Aaltje Heins van der Vliet (29), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Makaske (0), Ermelo

• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)
• 1905 » William Gargan, American actor († 1979)
• 1910 » Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist († 1953)
• 1910 » James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada († 2012)
• 1911 » Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player († 2014)

• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (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.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• 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 July 17, 1905 was between 9.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.