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• Aaltje Maria in't Veld, Dubbeldam
• Anna Aleida Maria Alink, Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, North Holland, Niederlande († 1992)
• Adriaan Amperse, Kortgene
• Adriana Maria Leenheer, 's-Gravenhage († 1995)
• Adrianus Aloysius Daemen, Turnhout († 1994)
• Aaltje Maria In ‘t Veld, Dubbeldam,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Aleida Maria Alink, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriaantje Lalleman, 's-Gravenhage († 1980)
• Adriana Buijtenhek, Dordrecht
• Adam Philipp Rörsch, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)

• Anna Maria Catharina Wijnen (31), Kerniel, België
• Annetje Welmers (0), Dedemsvaart
• Arie van Schouwen (81), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Wilhelmina Lamberts (0), Venlo, Nederland
• Anna Petrus Smit (37), Workum
• Adrianus Gravendaal (79), Utrecht
• Anna Gerharda Reintjes (0), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Smit (37), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Goedegebuure (16), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Reesor Funk (91)

• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)
• 1901 » Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1995)
• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)
• 1911 » Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, and author († 2006)
• 1912 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1985)
• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)

• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)

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.
• January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on August 14, 1905 was between 9.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.