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• Alida Helena Wind, De Bilt († 1994)
• Adolf Cornelis Visser, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Albert Altena, Ane, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1991)
• Albertus van VEEN, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Claude La Trasse, Liez, 02700, France († 1968)
• adriana marrigje slingerland, hekendorp
• Gutter, Andijk, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1988)
• Aaldert Jan Duinkerken, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Jan Teunis Verbeek, Elst, Gemeente Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Abraham Gerrit Boehle, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1958)

• Alexander Felix Storm (75), Bergen op Zoom
• Aloysius Leopold Victor Wilde (80), Puebla de los Angelos (Mexico)
• Adrianus Gerardus Johannes Verdam (0), Reeuwijk, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Spijkerman (42), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Eelzes Visser (80), Nes (Westdongeradeel)
• Anna Petronella Baars (74), Woeseradeel
• Aaltje SPIJKERMAN (42), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonie Schotel (47), Dordrecht
• Adriaan van Hooff (91), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend de Vries (0), Uffelte (Havelte), Drenthe, Nederland

• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France († 2000)
• 1908 » Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins († 1969)
• 1908 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal († 1939)
• 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)
• 1908 » Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress († 1932)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

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 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
• December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on February 5, 1904 was between 1.2 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.