About the day » Tuesday January 26, 1904Calender converter

• Alberdina Hoving, Kropswolde, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1989)
• Adrianus Simon Straathof, Leiden
• Albert Buursink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1993)
• Agnes Fredriks, Majong, afdeling Japara (Koedoes)
• Albertus van den Bos, Veenendaal († 1990)
• Aaltje (Annes) Knobbe, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)
• Abraham Jesse Hermanson, Keystone, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Adam Makkreel, Rotterdam
• Aagje Vermeulen, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Nieboer, Wildervank († 1904)

• Luijendijk (0), 's Gravendeel
• Arendina van Duffelen, Vlaardingen
• Arie Maters (71), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Bernard Christiaan Robijn (39), Pasoeroean Indonesia
• Antonius Wilhelmus (Antoon) Hendriks (76), Mill en Sint Hubert, Nederland
• Antonius Hertogs (0), Maastricht,Netherlands
• August Adolf Brugman (9), Makassar (Ned. Indië)
• Anna Christina Rombouts (63), Zierikzee
• Abraham Davidson (67), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bareld van Klinken (78), Musselkanaal, Groningen, Nederland

• 1900 » Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)
• 1902 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author († 1940)
• 1904 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist († 2004)
• 1904 » Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1905 » Charles Lane, American actor and singer († 2007)
• 1905 » Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 1987)
• 1907 » Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist († 2001)
• 1907 » Henry Cotton, English golfer († 1987)
• 1908 » Jill Esmond, English actress († 1990)
• 1908 » Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor († 2009)

• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)

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 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

The temperature on January 26, 1904 was between -3.3 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.