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• Adriana Maria Roos, Scheveningen († 1981)
• Anna Beta van Koten, Jemgum, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1969)
• Annigje de Haan, Veenoord Sleen Drenthe
• Hendrika Margaretha Klos, Vroomshoop
• Alphonsus Gummarus Arras, Lier, Antwerpen, België († 1969)
• Aelbrecht Boven, Veurne (B) († 1929)
• Albertus Gerhardus Oosterbaan, Hengelo († 1906)
• Aaltje Pijffers, Rijssen
• Anna Caroline Rus, Leighton Iowa († 1995)
• Alvina Pals, Belmond Wright County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1977)

• Anna Maria Hubertina Somers (0), Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland
• Adam Frederik HILLEBRAND (9), Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands
• Aartje de Groot (51), Noordeloos
• Antonetta Petronella Ariëns (2), Wijchen
• Antonie Stoop (60), Kevelaer, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Hagedoorn (0)
• Andrew Jackson Gantz (72), Westerville, Franklin Co., OH
• Anna Maria Lelivelt 04af2 (40), Ann Arbor, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina Sijp (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Anna Maria Cock (67), Den Dungen

• 1897 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer († 1966)
• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)

• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

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.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• 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 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 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.

The temperature on August 21, 1905 was between 7.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.