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• Anna Maria Ruijten, Echt (Pey) († 1999)
• Aarnout Meijer
• Aaltje Koehoorn, Oosterzee, Frl., Netherlands († 1985)
• Adriana Maria Mens, Wouw
• Aaltje Hoed, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Aloïse Loete, Waarschoot, Belgium († 1905)
• Theodora De Lange, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1904)
• Ramhereea, Beneden Suriname
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• Alina Maria VAN DEN MEERSSCHE, Moorsel

• Anna Maria Verheugt (86), 's Hertogenbosch
• Antje Thomas Tuinstra (78), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van hest (87), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Oostveen (64), Werkhoven
• Aaltje den Hartigh (68), Numansdorp
• annigje de sprong (despron, desprong) (72), alblasserdam
• Aagtje METZ (74), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Evelyn Hughston (45), McBain, Missaukee County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Holterman (60)
• Annigje De Sprong (72), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)

• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)

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 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on May 6, 1904 was between 4.6 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.