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• Anna Adriana Meiresonne († 1996)
• Anna Catharina Schenk, Hoevestein, Wouwse Plantage († 1991)
• Agustin Varela, Arandas, Jalisco, México
• Alma Rosa Alvina Roy, Canada († 1940)
• Anna Kuipers, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Staal, Hengelo
• Alida Rood, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• van Vlaardingen, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Wilhelmina van den Burg, Noordwijkerhout († 1970)
• Aagje Koeman, Amsterdam († 1977)

• Adriana Feigtje (Feijgthe) (Fijgtje Adriana) Vereijke (Verheijke) (74), Hoek
• Adam Querido (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina Beversluis (38), Rotterdam
• Anetta maria Born (0), Den Haag
• Aimable Joseph PESEZ (89), Robecq,62713,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Bastiaan Mets (77), Nieuwpoort, Nederland
• Bastiaan Mets (77), Nieuwpoort
• Augustine Rosalie HANNIQUE (70), Lillers,62516,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Agnes Elisabeth Olijerhoek (0), Woubrugge, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleid Tormijn (78), Enschede

• 1897 » Milt Franklyn, American composer († 1962)
• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1910 » Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)

• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

The temperature on September 16, 1904 was between 8.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.