About the day » Wednesday March 16, 1904Calender converter

• Aldert Jozefus Engelbert Visser, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Ann Mary Basker, Mull River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia († 2001)
• Amalie HUBER, Steinkirchen an der Ilm, Duitsland († 1963)
• Adriana Maria Dominica Bol, Groningen († 1978)
• Adriana Maria Dominica Bol, Groningen († 1978)
• Anna Maria Gradussen, Druten
• Alvaro Villaça, São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil († 1991)
• Aaltje De Groot, Staphorst, Nederland († 1964)
• Anna Miggiels, Cuijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Maria Doninica Bol, Groningen († 1978)

• Adriana Maria Leemans (84), Goirle
• Andries Blaauw (0), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonse Désiré CLEYS (0), Wattrelos, 59150, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anschjen Thewis Kok (69), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Huizinga (0), Rodeschool gem. Middelstum
• Adriaan Jacob Rotman (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Tichelt (41), Ekeren
• Adriana van Oorschot (71), Sint-Oedenrode
• Ann Kinney (69), Belfast, Antrim, N. Ireland
• Arie de Ruiter (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Cyril Hume, American novelist († 1966)
• 1900 » Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin († 1964)
• 1901 » Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer († 1987)
• 1903 » Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan († 2001)
• 1906 » Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator († 2009)
• 1906 » Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian († 1998)
• 1906 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player († 1944)
• 1908 » Ernest Rogez, French water polo player († 1986)
• 1908 » René Daumal, French author and poet († 1944)
• 1908 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1966)

• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)

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.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• 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.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on March 16, 1904 was between -4.6 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.