About the day » Monday July 31, 1905Calender converter

• Aaltje Berendina Enzerink, Gorssel († 1986)
• Annie van Kalken, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1913)
• Anna Maria Kouters, Rotterdam
• Anna Sophia Griffioen, Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Annigje de Lange, Hengelo († 1905)
• Antoine Joseph CASTELEIN, Bavikhove († 1946)
• Albert Jan Boxem, Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1983)
• Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant († 1954)
• Antonio Francisco de Souza Aranha, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria Margaretha Hubertina Evers, Beegden

• Aloïse Loete (1), Waarschoot, Belgium
• Clasina Lindhout (1), Rijnsburg
• Anna Francisca Vinck (69), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Albertje Prangsma (65), Hellendoorn
• Cornelis Kruit (66), Moordrecht
• Albertje Pieters Prangsma (65), Daarlerveen
• Denis Cornelis Koreman (67), Terheijden/Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Josephus van der Zanden (1), Tilburg
• Arie van Wijngaarden (0), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Clasina Lindhout (1), Rijnsburg

• 1901 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor († 1985)
• 1902 » Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier († 1989)
• 1904 » Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author († 1977)
• 1909 » Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author († 1999)
• 1911 » George Liberace, American violinist († 1983)
• 1912 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer († 2008)
• 1912 » Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist († 2003)
• 1912 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1913 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)
• 1914 » Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer († 1997)

• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)

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 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on July 31, 1905 was between 11.0 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.