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• Adriana Geertruida van Gils, Gouda
• Aalt Aalten, Zeist († 1970)
• Adriaan Johan van Geest, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adriana HARTEVELD, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1983)
• Adriana Sophia van der Wall, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Simens, Rekken, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Bron, Schiedam
• (Stillborn) PRATHER, Oklahoma U.S.A († 1904)
• Anjette Bos, Uithuizen,, Groningen, Nederland
• * Antonius Timmermans, Hedikhuizen († 1962)

• Adriana Schijve* (84), Vlissingen (Zld.)
• Aafke Veenstra (1), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Dohmen (32), Oirsbeek
• Anna Maria van Luijken (47), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Poelma (0), Albion, Orleans Cy, NY, US
• Bernard Buunk (55), IJzevoorde gem. Doetinchem Gld. NL
• Bela Piszker (2), Zemun, Serbia
• Clara Verkade (75), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Anna Elisabeth AERTS (49), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aaldert Moes (2), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

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 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• 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.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on February 17, 1904 was between 0.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.