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• Anna Myrtle Worsham Gorbet [K], Brazos County, Texas
• Adriaan Geelhoed, Arnemuiden
• Aalbert van Uden, Tiel († 1905)
• Adolf van der Veen, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Smaling, Rotterdam († 1961)
• Adriana Cornelia van Mastwijk, Zevenhoven, Gemeente Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hermanus van den Berg, Kruisland († 1992)
• Albert van der Kolk, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hermanna Gerharda Roebersen, Heino
• ANNA Caroline WALTERS († 1986)

• Antje Hotzes van der Veen (72), Menaldumadeel, Frl
• Ardina Ariëns (64), Wijchen
• Albertus Bruitzman (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van Leeuwen (84), Pijnacker, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Durge (73), Zandvoort
• Annie Eliza Collins (42), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Kuiken (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Wiglema (87), Irnsum
• Aafke Elgersma (0), Harlingen
• Aartje Braam (71), Laren, Nederland

• 1899 » Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter († 1942)
• 1900 » Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author († 1939)
• 1901 » Chic Young, American cartoonist († 1973)
• 1901 » Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress († 1991)
• 1902 » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei († 1975)
• 1902 » Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman († 1997)
• 1907 » Earl W. Renfroe, African American orthodontist, educator, and activist († 2000)
• 1907 » Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch († 2013)
• 1908 » Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author († 1986)
• 1909 » Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta († 2008)

• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)

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 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• 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".

The temperature on January 9, 1904 was between -0.7 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.