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• Adriana Helena Geertruida Ammerlaan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Robbens, Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1982)
• Aldina Linker, Niebert, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriaan Reinier Mulders, Amsterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Reinsma († 1984)
• Anna Elisabeth Reinsma, Franeker († 1984)
• Anna Hendrika Marie Gerarda BEER, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Albertus Johannes Odijk, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, NL
• Adrianus Johannes Maria van der Knaap, Rijswijk
• Anna Mathilde Nitschelm, Delft († 1989)

• Anna Sophia Maria Minna Metelmann (72), Schwerin, Landeshauptstadt Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Schwerin St.Nicolai (Schelfkirche)
• Hermanus Andries (44), Terneuzen Nederland
• Antje Strooper (79), Zijpe
• Antoon Arnold te Boekhorst (1), Oer (Oude IJsselstreek)
• Antonia Maria Petronella van Kleijnenbreugel (0), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle
• Antonius Bernardus Gerritsen (0), Lengel
• Adrianus Schutjes, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Dirks Planting, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertien Jobing (54), Deurze, Rolde
• Arthur S. McClellan Maj (64), Drifton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1900 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer († 1983)
• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Robert Young, American actor († 1998)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » John Mills, English soldier and actor († 2005)
• 1908 » Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela († 1981)
• 1910 » George Hunt, English international footballer, forward († 1996)

• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)

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 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.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

The temperature on February 22, 1904 was between 0.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.