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• Anna Lüking († 1953)
• Anna Cornelia Maria Janssen, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 1989)
• Albertus Verstegen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Gerritsen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Schellekens, Boxtel
• Aldert Jonker (van der Schaaf), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Allen Chesley James Spurrell, Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Labrador, Canada († 1959)
• Alice Koster, Falmouth, Missaukee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Anna Maria Hogelucht, Gronau, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Adriana Cornelia van der Salm, Vrijenban Delft Zuid-Holland Nederland

• Centina Wilderom (0), Middelburg
• Cornelis Schotvanger (0), Wijk aan Zee
• Anna Remmina Nieboer (0), Gendt
• Anna Remmina Nieboer (0), Gendt,Gemeente Lingewaard,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Catharina Jacoba Elling (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Antonia Maijen (0), Tilburg
• Carl Philipp Rudolf Emil Schalk (60), Rotterdam
• Bintje Riemers Riemersma (44), Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaaan LOBBEZOO (0), Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christine Caroline Nikolaisdatter (57), Setså, Saltdal, Nordland, Norge

• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• 1900 » Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist († 1978)
• 1901 » Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1901 » John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany († 1991)
• 1903 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator († 1982)
• 1905 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor († 1951)
• 1905 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist († 1982)
• 1906 » Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master († 2017)
• 1908 » Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator († 2008)

• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)

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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

The temperature on August 23, 1904 was between 9.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.