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• Albert Fokkerts Schuurman († 1990)
• Ada Johanna Schipper, Wierden († 1969)
• Aalbert Folkerts Schuurman, Rhenen, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Adriana Dymphna Maria Schoone, Zevenbergen († 1976)
• Adriana Hendrica Roosen, Middelbeers Oost-West
• Aaltje Gerritje Egberink, Lonneker-Driene († 1965)
• Adriana Klasina Leeflang, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dingemanse, Grijpskerke
• Adriana Elizabeth Sophia de Witte, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1904)
• Aagje van Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)

• Adrianus Cornelis Kuijl (65)
• Adrianus Antonius Bakx (0), Roosendaal
• Adriaan Bustraan (46)
• Aartje Bosch (79), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Gerwen (78), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Joosten (1), Haarlemmermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Slofstra (1), Ooststellingwerf
• Adriana Hendrickx (64), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana BOELHOUDERS Ldr (74), Haarlemmermeer, Haarlem, NL-NH
• Adriana Hendrickx (64), Gilze en Rijen

• 1898 » Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician († 1951)
• 1898 » Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma († 1984)
• 1899 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer († 1943)
• 1900 » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist († 1980)
• 1901 » Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer († 1982)
• 1903 » Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author († 1982)
• 1904 » Joan Crawford, American film actress († 1977)
• 1905 » Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1909 » Charles Werner, American cartoonist († 1997)

• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• 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.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on March 23, 1904 was between 4.3 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north.