About the day » Tuesday September 12, 1905Calender converter

• Agatha Spaans, Bussum, Nederland († 2000)
• Aaltje Hotses Bajema, Rauwerd, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alphonse Schellink Aberson, Heemstede,Gemeente Heemstede,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aagje Schepenaar, Leens
• Afke DE JONG, Doniawerstal(Friesland)
• Alida Klijn, Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• Afke de Jong, St Niek († 1993)
• Aleida Maria van Dijk, Bussum
• Aaltje Hotzes Bajema, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Abraham Kok, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1971)

• Antonie Abels (82), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
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• Anna Elisabetha Kooken (80), Hulsberg, Niederlande
• Berendina Nijeboer (15), Sibculo
• Aaltje Nap (56), Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amanda Eugenia Bryant Edmundson [B Bu] (62), Marshall County, Tennessee
• Bertha Abrahamovich (56), Graz, Steiermark
• Catharina Obdam (26), Elmina (W.Afrika)
• Ariaantje Ipema (70), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Cornelis Johannes Schuurmans (24), Utrecht

• 1900 » Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic († 1982)
• 1901 » Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist and academic († 1999)
• 1902 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil († 1976)
• 1902 » Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author († 1982)
• 1904 » István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent († 1942)
• 1904 » John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian († 1967)
• 1904 » Lou Moore, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Linda Agostini, English-Australian murder victim († 1934)
• 1907 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1909 » Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician († 1986)

• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)

• 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 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• 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.
• 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 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
• November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on September 12, 1905 was between 6.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.