About the day » Saturday January 23, 1904Calender converter

• Anna Eliza Quaedvlieg, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aksel Iversen, Vonsild mark, Vejle amt († 1965)
• Anna Maria Hermans, Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Aaltje Reker, Obergum, gem. Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafke Bakker, Roodeschool, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Aloysia, Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein († 1993)
• Adrianus van Weert, Boxtel († 1967)
• Anna Hubertina Knapen, Nederweert († 1990)
• Gerarda Clasina Helsloot, utrecht († 1926)
• Aaltje Spoor, Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1904)

• Charlotta Louisa Christina Bettonville (0), Dordrecht Zhl. Nederland
• Berendina Boland (68), Ulft
• Adriana Johanna Diederika Waanderina Bunk (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Boerboom (69), Arnhem
• Amelia Zuelsdorf (42), Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Petronella Kurver (65), Montfoort
• Hoevers (0), Brummen
• Barbara Forney (92), Thurman, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Ludovicus Govaert (79), Schoonaarde, België
• Anna Frederica Kosemans (78), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1898 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author († 1978)
• 1898 » Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist († 1948)
• 1898 » Randolph Scott, American actor († 1987)
• 1899 » Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot († 1931)
• 1900 » William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor († 1988)
• 1901 » Arthur Wirtz, American businessman († 1983)
• 1903 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia († 1948)
• 1905 » Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter († 2000)
• 1907 » Dan Duryea, American actor and singer († 1968)
• 1907 » Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)

• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)

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.
• January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• 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).
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

The temperature on January 23, 1904 was between -4.4 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.