About the day » Sunday September 4, 1904Calender converter

• Aleida Dina Johanna Ermeling, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrián Aguilar, Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
• Anna Stephens
• Alida Wurms, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alberdina Dijk, Noorddijk († 1935)
• Adrianus Petrus Vleghels, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Aafke de Jong, Driesum (Friesland) († 1978)
• Aafke de Jong, Dantumadeel, Driesum, FR, Nederland († 1978)
• Anna Hubertina Thill, Simpelveld († 1905)
• Anna Hendrika Alida Molenaar, Alkmaar

• Bauke Daniëls van der Werff (68), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kop (58), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Steps (21), Stein (Elsloo) (Limburg)
• Aaltjen Leunk (61), Azelo
• Aeilko Sweringa (74), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Trompetter (64), Amsterdam
• Allegonda Cornelia Maria van Brunschot (0), Nuenen Gerwen en Nederwetten
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• Adriaantje Cornelia WEEDA (0), Zuid-Beijerland
• Carl Viktor Heinrich von Erlanger (31), Salzburg, Autriche

• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)
• 1905 » Mary Renault, English-South African author († 1983)
• 1905 » Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox († 2003)
• 1906 » Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1907 » Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor († 1991)
• 1908 » Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer († 1999)
• 1908 » Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet († 1960)
• 1909 » Eduard Wirths, German physician († 1945)
• 1910 » Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 1993)

• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)

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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on September 4, 1904 was between 8.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.