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• Ahasuerus Hekhuis, Oranjedorp, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1984)
• Alberta Willemina van Asselt, Baarn († 1996)
• Alberta Wilhelmina van Asselt, Soest, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Waasdorp, Haarlem († 1987)
• Anna Maria Coolen, Hunsel († 1983)
• Aaltje de Lang, Munnekeburen († 1971)
• Anna Westerhof, Groningen († 1968)
• Alzira Batelli, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1993)
• Anna Catharina von der Haar, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Aaldert van Lier, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Bernardus DONDERS (56), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartje Gerrits Cupido (53)
• Baukje Cupido (53), Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonia Oppers, Reek
• Bernardus (1) Donders (56), Tilburg
• Arie Jan Donker (50), Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Elisabeth Hamers (0), Kessenich (B)
• Bastiaan Boon (61), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Anthonia Euphemia Hilbers (1), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij van Sintmaartensdijk (67), Zuidland

• 1899 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor († 1970)
• 1899 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Ray Morehart, American baseball player († 1989)
• 1900 » Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, First Lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 († 1993)
• 1900 » Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor († 1985)
• 1901 » Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer († 1986)
• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)
• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• 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.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on December 2, 1904 was between 6.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.