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• Alegonda Maria Jansson, Schiedam († 1905)
• Anna Geertruida Schmitz, Groningen († 1995)
• Aaltje Hoogendoorn, Kockengen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dorst, Teteringen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1974)
• Aalt Dekker, Ermelo († 1974)
• Ann Mouw, Orange City, Sioux City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1982)
• Abraham Hendrikus Jacobus Visch († 1967)
• Aaldert Jan van der Sleen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberdina Geertruida Heijn, Zaandam († 1991)
• Alfons Wittock, Bazel

• Arie Konijn (33), Barsingerhorn, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ardina van de Reijt (37), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Catharina Maria Panneman (47), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Adriaantje GEBUIS (73), Sommelsdijk
• Catharina Maria van der Noordt (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amandus Josephus BILLIAERT (73), Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriaan Peijnenborgh (61), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Maatjes (79), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Annechiena Bonnes (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Hoegee (0), Leerdam

• 1901 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1901 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Diana Vreeland, American journalist († 1989)
• 1903 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (1946-1952) († 1983)
• 1904 » Greer Garson, English-American actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman († 1998)
• 1907 » George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix († 1996)
• 1908 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator († 1967)
• 1910 » Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist († 1977)
• 1910 » Virginia Bruce, American actress († 1982)

• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).
• 1925 » Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)

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.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• 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.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

The temperature on September 29, 1905 was between 5.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.