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• Adriana Roozendaal, Schoorl († 1963)
• * Jan Liefhebber († 1981)
• Agnes Brandmann, Eickel ( Duitsland )
• HOLWERDA, Gasselternijveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1904)
• Agge Drenth, Nieuwe-Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Kamhoot, Tholen(ZL) († 1983)
• Aalbert Spaans, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1970)
• Aalt Visscher, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Christina van Tintelen, Echteld (Gl)
• Adriana Roosendaal, Schoorl-Groet († 1963)

• Anna (Annigje) Schonewille (81), Hardenberg Ambt {OV}
• HOLWERDA (0), Gasselternijveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annigje Hendriks Schonewille (81), Bergentheim (gem. Hardenberg)
• Andries Uittenbogerd (49), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• de Jong (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Linden (43), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adriaantje Huisman (70), Oud Beijerland
• Abraham Long (81), Wabash, IN
• Nijhof 9 (0)
• Adriana Oremus (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)
• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)
• 1899 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1904 » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1904 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian († 1993)
• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)

• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)

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 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on February 23, 1904 was between -1.8 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.