About the day » Monday August 7, 1905Calender converter

• Aaltje de Kunder, Zwolle
• Adriana Schellekens, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1905)
• Albert Ooiman, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adrien Hubert Joseph Olivier Regout, Visé,Province de Liège,Walloon Region,Belgique,kasteel Neufchâteau
• Alida Nieuwkoop, Rotterdam
• Aaldert Scheffers, Haaften
• Alice Sanson, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Adriana Valkenburg, Wouw († 1905)
• Westmaas, Haarlemmermeer († 1945)
• Anna Catharina Leonia Guldentops, Itegem, 2222, België († 1907)

• Antonius Eliens (0)
• Cornelia Nielen (0), Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beene Roelinga (43), Langezwaag Frl
• Adriana Wilhelmina Aarnoutse (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Abraham Jongepier (39), Middelburg
• Alida Maria van Kesteren (53), Rotterdam
• Aart Arie Luijendijk (1), Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Annigje SMAAL (0), 's-Gravendeel
• Alida Bernardina Overduijn (0), Amsterdam
• Antje Smit (75), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)
• 1903 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist († 1972)
• 1904 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)

• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

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 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• 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 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

The temperature on August 7, 1905 was between 6.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.