About the day » Thursday January 28, 1904Calender converter

• Albert Gerard Claus, Zwijnaarde († 1974)
• Adam Confurius, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Alida Haaze, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Huisman, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adriaan Christiaan Willemse, Utrecht († 1904)
• Andrew Pink, Nobles County, Minnesota († 1985)
• Anna Gertrud Heutz, Aachen (Duitsland) († 1976)
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• Adrianus Johannes Pouw, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Alida Droog, Rijnsaterwoude († 1918)

• Antje Zuidema (6), Dantumadeel (Dantumadeel) (Friesland)
• Aaltje Kolder (65), Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ardina Hendrika Gijsberts (39), Oeffelt
• Schoonhoven (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Laban (0), Rotterdam
• Aemilia Wilhelmina Neletta Verburg (69), Haarlem
• Albertus ter Harkel (32), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Agnes van Leeuwen (60), Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiaan VAN ECK (75), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonet Stovers (75), Vught

• 1897 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright († 1986)
• 1900 » Alice Neel, American painter († 1984)
• 1903 » Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator († 1978)
• 1903 » Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS († 1971)
• 1906 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician († 1992)
• 1906 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete († 1991)
• 1908 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)
• 1911 » Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient († 2018)

• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on January 28, 1904 was between 3.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.