About the day » Thursday March 17, 1904Calender converter

• Aaltje Konjer, Broekhuizen gem.Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland († 1984)
• Albertus de Graaf, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Alke de Groot, Onnen, Groningen, Nederland († 1995)
• Alma Mauney, North Carolina († 1987)
• Albertus Hendrikus Stephanus Koenders, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna de Graaf, Castricum († 1923)
• Albertus Leonardus Geerlings, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• de Jong, Zwolle, Nederland
• Adriana Josepha Verwegen, Uden († 1991)
• Anna Maria Catharina Verharen, Weert

• Adrianus Vermeulen (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Wieschnewski (80), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aafje Stolk (64), Hendrik Ido Ambacht Z.H
• Antonie van LIEROP (58), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Stolk (64), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Doveren (36), Kerkrade (L
• Albertine Cornelia Trip van Zoudtlandt (86)
• Anthonius W. Alfrink (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Huijser (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Veen (16), Leimuiden

• 1894 » Paul Green, American playwright and academic († 1981)
• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
• 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)
• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
• 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)
• 1907 » Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan († 1988)
• 1910 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist († 1991)
• 1912 » Bayard Rustin, American activist († 1987)

• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)

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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 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.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on March 17, 1904 was between -1.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.