About the day » Saturday September 17, 1904Calender converter

• Alberta Kaper, Putten
• Agatha Maria Liduina Kleipool, Schiedam († 1937)
• "Infant" Shepherd († 1904)
• Akke de Jong, Raard, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriaan Casper Johan Stuyver, Oelée Leuhe
• Aaltje Visser, Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1904)
• Alida Johanna Roeper, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 1969)
• Aagje Koolen, Leiden
• Alberta Kaper, Putten Gld
• Adriaan Casper Johan (Jan) STUIJVER, Oclee Leute

• Alfred Meert (54), Lebbeke
• Catherine│Katy BraTt (81), Verenigde Statn
• Angelina Smets (72), Runkelen, België
• Antje Dirks Rang (77), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Bastiaan Klaasse (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Wands (77), Verenigde Statn
• Dirk Bastiaan van der Made (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Kremer (78), Zuidhotn
• Almira White Allred (70), Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Reese (74), Benson, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1901 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor († 1972)
• 1902 » Bea Miles, Australian author († 1973)
• 1903 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1966)
• 1903 » Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer († 1984)
• 1903 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1905 » Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe († 1959)
• 1906 » Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist († 2010)
• 1906 » J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka († 1996)
• 1907 » Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States († 1995)

• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.

The temperature on September 17, 1904 was between 5.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.