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• Aloysius Maria Slegers, Turnhout, België († 1960)
• Alice Juliana Podevijn, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus van den Berg, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Martina Post, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Maria Johanna Mooijman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Habraken, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Aartje van Van Pijkeren, Wezep (gem Oldebroek)
• Albertus Johannes van Bommel, den haag
• Adrianus Cornelius Bakermans, Stratum († 1904)
• Rijken, Capelle

• Anna Elisabeth Dols (64), Munstergeleen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Heerkens (72), Gouda, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Harmelen van (1), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonetta Pieternella van MEER (0), Nieuw Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Dols (64), Sittard-Geleen (Munstergeleen) (Limburg)
• Aaltje Schutte (40), Nijverdal
• Antonia Elisabeth van Bezouw (59), Gilze
• Aaltje Schutte (41), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn), Ov, The Netherlands
• Annegien Hekman (55), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allegonda van Geuns (60), Grijpskerk (NL)

• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)
• 1898 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher († 1992)
• 1899 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1901 » Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building († 1974)
• 1901 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt († 1984)
• 1901 » Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency († 1978)
• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)
• 1904 » Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1980)
• 1906 » Gale Gordon, American actor († 1995)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)

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 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 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 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.

The temperature on February 20, 1904 was between 0.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.