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• Adrianus van Loon, Drunen
• Adriana Helena Daggelder, Rotterdam
• Alida Helena Wind, De Bilt († 1994)
• Adriaantje den Hollander, Poederoijen († 1965)
• Aaltje Brevoord, Hattem († 1904)
• Aaldert Jan Duinkerken, Riegshoogtendijk, Hoogeveen († 1904)
• Albert Altena, Ane, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1991)
• Alice May Laverack, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England († 1970)
• Aaldert Jan Duinkerken, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Papenhuijzen, Hillegersberg († 1904)

• Adrianus Wagemakers (65), Hoeven
• Arend de Vries (0), Uffelte (Havelte), Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Hendriksz PLEKKRINGA (72), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Schotel (47), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Hendriks Spijkerman (42), Meppel
• Adrianus (Adriaan) van Hoof (91), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adriaan van Hooff (91), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Walgers (0), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Gerardus Johannes Verdam (0), Reeuwijk
• Aaltje SPIJKERMAN (42), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France († 2000)
• 1908 » Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins († 1969)
• 1908 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal († 1939)
• 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)
• 1908 » Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress († 1932)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
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.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

The temperature on February 5, 1904 was between 1.2 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.