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• Anna Maria Suzanna Pasman, Kruiningen († 1959)
• Aaltje Seldentuis, Hempens († 1995)
• Adrianus Maas, Rijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Drimmelen, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Weijers, Neer († 1930)
• Alida van den Bos, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Adrianus Johannes Odijk, Vlaardingen († 1956)
• Alberdina Kamphuis, Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde († 1994)
• Ankje Terpstra, Slappeterp Friesland Netherlands († 1991)
• Albertus van Dijk, Kampen

• Antje Spaak (1), Gerkesklooster
• Alfred Parks Browning (73), Junction, Kimble, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia Quick (43), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Antoni Konieczny (46), Vorwerke Wiese, Poland
• Aaltje Edel (49), Beets
• Amelia Logghe (53), Westkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Ale Koenes (46), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje Veer (61), Hoogkarspel
• Ale Koenes (46), Groningen
• Aaltje Uiltjes Hettinga (75), Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1909 » Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1998)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

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.
• 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.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).

The temperature on February 16, 1904 was between -0.7 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.