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• Aaltje Bezema († 1982)
• Adriana Kluijfhout, Koudekerke
• Alexander Wilhelmus Aalbert Lichternauer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allen Edgar Snyder, Kunkletown, Monroe, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Alfons Sebastiaan VAN LOON, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1960)
• Ann (Anna) E Kupsco, Phila, Pennsylvania († 1995)
• Adrianus Johannes Stroober, Rotterdam († 1962)
• den Haan, Strijen († 1905)
• Abrahamina Jacoba van der Schrier, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1983)
• Adrianus Kock, Zevenbergschen Hoek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)

• Adriana van de LANGENBERG (25), Heeswijk, NL
• Arie van Erk (33), Soerabaja (ID)
• Belletje Isaac PRONT (81), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Bastiaan Niemandsverdriet (64), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Verhoeven (67), Nieuwland gem. Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana de Hamer (32), Rotterdam
• Catharina Brok (63), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Willem Brehler (39), Hattem, Nederland
• Adriana Janisdr Hamer de (32), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Veenstra (29), Bovensmilde (Smilde)

• 1893 » Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1958)
• 1895 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science († 1937)
• 1899 » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1973)
• 1902 » Stevie Smith, English author and poet († 1971)
• 1906 » Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1906 » Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician († 1983)
• 1911 » Shriram Sharma, Indian philosopher and activist († 1991)
• 1913 » Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic († 2001)
• 1914 » Kenneth More, English actor († 1982)
• 1915 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan († 2003)

• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)

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.
• May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• 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 September 20, 1905 was between 10.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.