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• Adrienne MARCHAND, Klerken, Belgique († 1996)
• Adrienne Jeanne Cazius, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Adrianus Bleeker, Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham (Bram) Wijsman, Lisse († 1969)
• Adrienna Maria Marchand
• Alma Hughes, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1997)
• Abraham Wijsman, Lisse († 1969)
• Adrianus Paulus Faes, Gilze en Rijen († 1956)
• Adriana Marchand, Klerken (Houthulst) († 1996)
• Albert Waterink, Hardenberg († 1984)

• Jongman, Vollenhove
• Antje Durks de Haan (74), Augustinusga
• Anna Maria Annastasia Waeckens (36), Pellenberg
• Anna Gertrudis Busen (74), Bingelrade
• Alexander Hendrik Frederik Peschel (51), Frankfurt aan de Main, Hessen
• Adriana (Adriaantje) Kortlever (88), Leerbroek
• Albertha Cornelia Konings (47), Enschede
• --- van der Voort (0), 's-Gravenzande
• Adriana Kortlever (88), Leerbroek
• Anna Maria Ermers (33), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1901 » Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher († 1983)
• 1901 » Bebe Daniels, American actress († 1971)
• 1904 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1939)
• 1904 » Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer († 1980)
• 1904 » Emily Hahn, American journalist and author († 1997)
• 1905 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer († 1991)
• 1905 » Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan († 1995)
• 1906 » William Bendix, American actor († 1964)
• 1907 » Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1985)
• 1908 » Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor († 1934)

• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 » Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
• 1905 » Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840)
• 1907 » Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
• 1908 » Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)

• 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.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The temperature on January 14, 1904 was between 4.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.