About the day » Thursday August 4, 1904Calender converter

• Agatha Schriel, rotterdam († 1906)
• Andrew VOGEL, Harrison, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Alice Elizabeth {Ludlow} Stackhouse}, Auburn, Geauga County, Ohio, United States of America († 2000)
• Anna Schippers, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adriana Vos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van de Water, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Maria Marijnissen, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Alburn Smith Griffin, Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, United States of America († 1973)
• Adriana Jacoba Maria Marijnissen, Tilburg († 1944)
• Aleida Willlemina Stroeve, Enschede

• Anna Korte (81), Quincy
• Anna Hubertina Elisabeth Gulikers (0), Meerssen
• Adriana Cornelia Doff (68), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Bongers (81), Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Konings (51), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Harm Moorlag (0), Groningen
• Aaltje Huizing (1), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Konings (51), Zevenbergen
• Anna, Maria Schepers (52), Antwerpen
• Anna Gezina Antonette Bulder- (1), Winschoten, Nederland

• 1900 » Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom († 2002)
• 1901 » Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer († 1972)
• 1901 » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer († 1971)
• 1902 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1904 » Helen Kane, American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1904 » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager († 1973)
• 1904 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright († 1969)
• 1905 » Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar († 1972)
• 1906 » Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer († 1973)
• 1908 » Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor († 1994)

• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)

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 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

The temperature on August 4, 1904 was between 16.0 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.