About the day » Thursday August 17, 1905Calender converter

• Adrianus Delmeer, Leiden
• Achille, Richard ALGOET, Beveren-Leie,8791,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Alida Joon, Zaandijk († 1996)
• Alida Catharina (Alie) Smit, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Annegiena Alida Lubbers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Martinus Schonewille, Dalerveen
• Annigje Huisman
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Leek, Uitgeest († 1905)
• Aleida M. de Ridder († 1992)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Maas, Helmond († 1934)

• Anna Katharina MICHELAU (76), Skokie, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Annamietje Stoltenkamp (0), Doorn, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utr, NL
• Aaltje Pol (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Augusta Maria Seys (1), Woumen
• Alfred BELPAIRE (0), Berendrecht, 2040, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Arnoldus Hubertus Horio (23), Stevensweert
• Annamietje Stoltenkamp (0), Doorn
• Adriana Wagenaar (73), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arendje Groen (3), Egmond aan Zee
• Adriaan Buys (66), Sint Annaland

• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
• 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)
• 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
• 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)
• 1911 » Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer († 2010)
• 1911 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer († 1995)
• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1913 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver († 1989)

• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)

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.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on August 17, 1905 was between 9.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.