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• Aaltje Snippe, Zwinderscheveld
• Adriana van Kerkwijk, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Adrianus Gerard van Nimwegen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1985)
• Albert Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• Albert Jansz. Kleine, Hoogeveen, Netherlands († 1992)
• Adriana van der Aa, Nuland (N-B) († 1931)
• Adriana Petronella van Roozendaal, Gilze en Rijen († 1985)
• Ada Ellen Young, Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1926)
• Alphonses Adrianus Meeuwesen, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Alida Post, Utrecht

• Adriaantje Van 't ZELFDE (85), Heerjansdam
• Antonia Adriana Oostdyk (22), Maastricht
• Clarina Julia van Geuns (72), Nijmegen {GE}
• Antje Middelveld (25), De Oshaar (Dalen), Dr, The Netherlands
• Alida Johanna Veltenaar (45), Rotterdam
• Catharina Petronella LIPS (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus, Johannes Wijnands (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amalie Israel (77), Weissensee Cemetary, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Benno Heinrich Markwald - Dr. (51), Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Albino José da Silva (76), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

• 1902 » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1977)
• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)
• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1905 » Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator († 1997)
• 1907 » Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician († 1986)
• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1907 » William Shawn, American journalist († 1992)

• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)

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.
• April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• 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.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

The temperature on August 31, 1905 was between 10.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.