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• Alice Marie Oosterlinck, Wetteren († 1904)
• Abel Melbourne Vander Ploeg, La Fayette (Indiana) († 1997)
• alphonsius johannes van schijndel, nijmegen († 1971)
• Alle Brouwer, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1980)
• Antje Douma, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)
• Achiel Ameel, Langemark (B), België († 1984)
• Anna Lucia Van Gompel, Mol, België († 2005)
• Adriaan Jacobus Schuiling, Dordrecht († 1980)
• (2) Maria Johanna (Rie) Ruiter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1983)
• Adriana Smits, Rotterdam

• Verhoef (0), Haarzuilens
• Bernard Caspar Matthias - Mathias Bernard Kaspar Tholen (35), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Achiel Camiel Wybou (0), Woumen
• Abraham Maljaars (74), Oostkapelle
• Albert Karl Zay von Cs?m?r (79), Budapest, Ungarn
• Andreas de Vos (63), Rotterdam,-
• Alfons van Saluce Vorst van Saluzzo (65), Napels, Campanië
• Bernard Kasper Matthias Thole (35), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Schepers (0), Emmen
• Aukje Sybrens van der Schaaf (27), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1901 » Barbara Cartland, prolific English author († 2000)
• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)
• 1905 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1984)
• 1907 » Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter († 1999)
• 1908 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar († 1973)
• 1908 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator († 1976)
• 1909 » Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1910 » Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist († 2001)
• 1911 » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author († 2008)
• 1911 » Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator († 1968)

• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)

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 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• 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.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on July 9, 1904 was between 9.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.