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• Annetje Lena van Asperen, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aaltje Bos, Schoterland, 8453, Nederland († 1953)
• Antje Hemke, Midwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Theodora van den Berg, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriana Stigter, Langerak
• Anna Maria Königs, Kerkrade (L
• Albert Dubbele van Urk, Terschelling,, Friesland, Nederland († 1908)
• Alida van Dijk, Schiedam († 1907)
• Anna Maria Antonia Balm, Den Haag, Nederland († 1975)
• Alberdina Meeske, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1995)

• Antonia Frederika Vink (60), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles P Leighton (26), Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine
• Aart Stienstra (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Warmerdam (0), Hillegom
• Christiaan (zn) van Hees (66), Well (GD)
• Dirk van Straaten (75), Rosmalen
• Dirk Akkies (87), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Stienstra (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christiaan van HEES (66), Well, Gelderland, Nederland
• Asselina Suurling (79), Nieuwolda

• 1899 » Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg († 1942)
• 1900 » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author († 1999)
• 1902 » Chill Wills, American actor († 1978)
• 1902 » Jessamyn West, American author († 1984)
• 1905 » Robert Elton Brooker, American business executive († 2000)
• 1906 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1963)
• 1906 » S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician († 1992)
• 1908 » Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist († 1997)
• 1908 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer († 1944)
• 1908 » Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist († 1981)

• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)

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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

The temperature on July 18, 1904 was between 9.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.