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• Aaltje ten Hoeve, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• Aaltje Steiger († 1984)
• Alpha Mae Bartlett, Bartlettsville, Lawrence, Indiana, United States († 1979)
• Alida Beekman, Velsen
• Aart Antonie Ligterink, Vleuten, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1951)
• Adriana Van Der REEST, Ridderkerk († 1906)
• Albert Jan Breukelman, Hardenberg († 1988)
• Adriana Haag, Meteren († 1993)
• Aafke Jitzes Banga, Rottevalle
• Alice Bernice McMillan, Douglas (USA) († 1978)

• Aaltje Hendriksen (56), Almelo
• Adriana Teuna Volker (76), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Alberts Oosterhof (62)
• Cornelia Catharina Grada Welling (0), Kilder (Montferland)
• Adriaan van Chaam (74), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aarnoud Jan Lensen (0), Terneuzen, Zeeland, NL
• Christina Maria Passier (15), Sint Michielsgestel
• Adriana Dorresteijn (27), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, NL
• Bertha MICHORIUS (0), Deventer
• Anna Elizabeth HEERDT (81), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1900 » Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian († 2001)
• 1900 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer († 1962)
• 1902 » Ogden Nash, American poet († 1971)
• 1903 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer († 1978)
• 1904 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1963)
• 1906 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor († 1971)
• 1907 » Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar († 1979)
• 1907 » Thruston Ballard Morton, American soldier and politician († 1982)
• 1909 » Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)

• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

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.
• May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
• December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

The temperature on August 19, 1905 was between 13.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.