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• Aaltje Klazes Kootstra, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Abraham Klisser, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Anna Francina ter Borg, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Aaltje Haan, Borgsweer, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1981)
• Anna Francisca Maria Bax, Luiksgestel
• Aaltje Mazier, Putten
• Albertina Wilhelmina van Vorselen, Enschede († 1932)
• Daneels, Herentals
• Alida Smit, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina van Pruijssen, Breda

• Aukjen Hendriks Storm (87), Drachten
• van der Woude (0)
• Antonius Franciscus Buil (72), Pannerden, Rijnwaarden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Agnes Lelieveld (0), Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina van Schaik (0), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Agnes Lelieveld (0), Loosduinen
• Aleida Post (54), Twello (Voorst)
• Aloijsius Josephus Joannes Schuermans (2), Tilburg
• Aart DUIJSER (84), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Molijn (57), Zutphen

• 1902 » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1977)
• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)
• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1905 » Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator († 1997)
• 1907 » Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician († 1986)
• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1907 » William Shawn, American journalist († 1992)

• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)

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.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• 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".
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
• 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 August 31, 1904 was between 11.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.