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• ?? Bambacht, (GL) Haaften († 1904)
• Alexis Nicholaievich Romanov, Peterhof, St. Petersburg (Rus) († 1918)
• Uil, Nieuwolda († 1904)
• Aleksei Nikolaievich ROMANOV, Peterhof Palace St. Petersburg Russia († 1918)
• Aaltje Prak, Winschoten
• Albert B. POLLMEIER, Fort Madison,Iowa († 1977)
• Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, Grand Duke of Russia (Tsarevich of Russia), St. Petersburg, Russian Empire († 1918)
• Alexei Nicolaievich Nikolaievich Romanov (Holstein-Gottorp, Romanov), Sint Petersburg (Rusland) († 1918)
• A.M. (Molly) Lamster, Salatiga († 1992)
• Alexis de Russie, Petrodvorets (Peterhof),, Russie († 1918)

• Alexander Methven (75), North Carlton, Victoria, Australia
• Carl Otto Steffens (78), Danzig-Bürgerwiesen (Polen)
• ?? Bambacht (0), (GL) Haaften
• Aartje van Empel (76), Geldermalsen
• Anna Cornelia van der Zanden (37), Haaren
• Anna Clara Timmermans (57), Loon op Zand
• Antje Swier (65), Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A(a)rtje van Empel (76), Geldermalsen
• Anthonius Johannes de Goeij (1), Haarzuilens
• Agatha Clasina Stigter (0), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia († 1980)
• 1904 » Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia († 1918)
• 1904 » Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer († 1997)
• 1904 » Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter († 2009)
• 1906 » Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach († 1985)
• 1906 » Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore († 1981)
• 1907 » Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer († 1975)
• 1907 » Gladys Bentley, American blues singer († 1960)
• 1907 » Joe Besser, American actor († 1988)

• 1891 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".

The temperature on August 12, 1904 was between 8.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.