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• Anna Gesina Conen, Emmen († 1904)
• Anna Fekkes, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1904)
• Albertus Bron, Sonnega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1988)
• Geertruda Johanna Baten, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1904)
• Jentje Oost, Tiendeveen
• Albert Stéphane Victor Désiré Crombet, Lomme, Lille, Nord, France († 1972)
• * Johannes Antonius van ERijn, Vlijmen († 1943)
• Aaltje JAGER, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1904)
• Aartje SPIJKER, Amsterdam
• Albertus Bron, Sonnega, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)

• Bouwe De Jong (62), Tietjerksteradeel Friesland Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Strating (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Verstappen (69), Deurne en Liessel
• Adriaantje van der Aa (74), Schijndel
• Arij Kornelis Luijendijk (70), maassluis (zuid holland)
• Alfred W Wager (48)
• Antonius Hubertus van de Vijfeijken (4), Helmond
• arnoldus verstappen (69), deurne en liessel
• Anna Emerentia Jacoba Goll van Franckenstein (86), Overveen
• Anna Cornelia van Marion (51), Rotterdam

• 1896 » Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist († 1996)
• 1898 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)
• 1900 » Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent († 1980)
• 1903 » Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman († 2010)
• 1903 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist († 1986)
• 1908 » Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect († 1996)
• 1911 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist († 1980)
• 1911 » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 1988)

• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)

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.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on July 21, 1904 was between 10.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.