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• Vanduynslager, Wingene († 1905)
• Aldemar Pereira de Barros († 1969)
• Adolf VAN ZEEBROECK, Merchtem,1785,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1974)
• Anna Maria Josephine Philippa Rose VAN NOSTITZ-RIENECK, Horka-Nad-Jizerou Czech Republic († 1934)
• Agnes Anna Jans, Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1955)
• Abraham de Kraker, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1989)
• Ana Umbelina Ribeiro, Mococa, São Paulo, Brasil († 1999)
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Vreede
• Adele Maria Daams, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1997)
• Verlooy, Noorderwijk, Herentals, Antwerpen, België

• Antonie Balvers (75), Culemborg
• Antonij Guddens (87), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Gerhardus(1) Rauwerda (81), Bergum, Gem. Tietjerksteradeel
• Aaltje Tuik (1), Coevorden
• Alberta Johanna WESTERHOLT (0), Warnsveld
• Andries van der Drift (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria SEGERS (33), Arendonk,2370,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Vanduynslager (0), Wingene
• Antje Rauwerda ongehuwd (81), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Adriana Valkenburg (0), Wouw

• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• 1901 » Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1901 » John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany († 1991)
• 1903 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator († 1982)
• 1905 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor († 1951)
• 1905 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist († 1982)
• 1906 » Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master († 2017)
• 1908 » Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator († 2008)
• 1909 » Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire († 1970)

• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)

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.
• May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on August 23, 1905 was between 12.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.