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• Annigje De HEER, Papendrecht († 1977)
• Albertus Johannes Hagens, Zutphen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• ALPHONSUS JOANNES VAN DE VEL, Schilde († 1905)
• Aleida Koersen, Almelo
• Adriana Weststrate, Rilland-Bath († 1975)
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Sprankenis, Molenbeersel († 1905)
• * Antonius Johannes Arts, Helenaveen († 1987)
• Amalia GOB († 1976)
• Agatha Maria Johanna Jurgens, Rotterdam
• Allerdina Engelina Basseleur, Amsterdam († 1968)

• Catharina LEYSSENS (47), Schepdaal,1703,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Petrus van den Hoven (0), Oosterhout
• Cornelia Bastiaansen (61), Teteringen (Breda), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Moddejonge (0), Usselo (Lonneker)
• Bonaventura Wilhelmina Johanna Wit de (43), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Grooters (79), Arnhem
• Catharina Alewijnse (43), Middelburg (Zeeland)
• ADRIANA VAN DEN HEUVEL (75), SCHIEDAM
• Abraham Haars (40), Yzendijke
• Cornelia van Veldhuizen (van Velthuizen) (75), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

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 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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.
• 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 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.

The temperature on August 29, 1905 was between 12.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.