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• Aartje Visser, Hengelo
• Albertus van ENGELAND, Winterswijk
• Anna Maria van Veltom, Ginneken en Bavel
• Reugebrink, Vorden, Gemeente Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1904)
• Lambert Kriekjes, Hollandscheveld
• Adriana Petronella Pellenaars, Terheijden
• Adrianus Johannes KUIJPERS, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Beck, 's-Gravenhage († 1930)
• Adriana Maria van Stelle, Yerseke
• Alida Dina de Vink, Oegstgeest

• Albert Willems DRAL (77), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Veltrop (1)
• Albert Oosting (28), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kloppenburg (44), Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Heerema Heeroma (86), Weststellingwerf
• Albert Wz Dral (77), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Laanen (77), Hees, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Oosting (71), Emmen
• Andries Oosting (71), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Vervloed (0), Haarlemmermeer

• 1897 » Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1898 » Dorothy Gish, American actress († 1968)
• 1899 » Frederick IX of Denmark († 1972)
• 1899 » James H. Douglas, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 1988)
• 1900 » Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII († 1987)
• 1903 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader († 1992)
• 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)
• 1907 » Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1908 » Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower († 1997)
• 1910 » Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic († 1982)

• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)

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 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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 March 11, 1904 was between 1.5 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.