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• Adrianus Theodorus van Engh, Amsterdam († 1979)
• van de Wouw, Tilburg († 1904)
• Aaltjen Bruggeman, Vorden
• Alida Schrijver, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abe de Vries, Dongjum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Keijzer, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Berkel, Schiedam
• Adriaan Hart, Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hart, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Fredriks, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)

• Aaltje Visser (0), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Cecilia Mary Cannan (0)
• Abraham Nochums de Groot (84), Leeuwarden
• (l.l.) Post (0), Den Helder
• Anna Wesselson (1), Steenwijk,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christiaan de Vroome (0), Amsterdam
• Antonie van Hooft (0), Maasdriel
• Alberta van der Pol (43), zwolle
• Antonius van Unnik (30), Rotterdam
• Benjamin Brobst (62), Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

• 1900 » Helen Hayes, American actress († 1993)
• 1901 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1902 » K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist († 1997)
• 1903 » Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic († 2009)
• 1903 » Prince Charles, Count of Flanders († 1983)
• 1903 » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter († 1969)
• 1905 » Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer(† 2005)
• 1906 » Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter († 1951)
• 1906 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator († 1985)
• 1906 » R. K. Narayan, Indian author († 2001)

• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
• 1914 » Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
• 1918 » Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)
• 1927 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)

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 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 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• 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.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on October 10, 1904 was between 0.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.