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• agnes van den heuvel, meijel († 1972)
• Anna Maria Cornelia Stokman, Delft († 2001)
• Abel Adolf Bodewits, Bourtange, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)
• Annigje Gruppen, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Alouisius Maria Adolf Rijkers, Avereest († 1980)
• Anna Willems van Egmond│Vermae, Rijnsburg
• Adrianus Martinus van Nobelen, Voorhout († 1974)
• Anne Andries Renema, Wirdum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Ada van der Horst, Utrecht († 1988)
• Abraham Nonnekens, Amsterdam

• Boex (70), De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Martinus Schalken (59), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theodora Brumlief (3), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendricus van de Pavoordt (27), gouda
• Christiaan ###333 Heffels ! (31), Born/Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Stam (79), Wedde,Groningen,Niederlande,Blijham
• Bregje Homan (71), Venhuizen
• Arnout Joan Verschuer (35), Bandoeng
• Albert Zandman (2), Den Ham
• Adriana Wilhelmina Smits (34), Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1901 » Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician († 1951)
• 1903 » Billie Dove, American actress († 1997)
• 1904 » Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator († 1973)
• 1904 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist († 1961)
• 1905 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver († 1981)
• 1905 » Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist († 1989)
• 1905 » Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian († 1974)
• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1907 » Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat († 2005)

• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• 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.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
• 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 May 14, 1904 was between 9.5 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.