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• Adriana Petronella Huis in 't Veld, Wolvega (Weststellingwerf) († 1974)
• Adrianus_Petrus Nederstigt, Haarlem († 1983)
• Adriana Zwijgers, Helvoirt
• Aaltje van Soeren, Nijkerk († 1905)
• Abraham Willem Wijmenga († 1959)
• Abraham Willem Wijminga († 1959)
• Agnes Frederiksz, Majong
• Abraham Cornelis Lansen, Vlissingen († 1974)
• van der Feijst, Delft
• Abraham Willem Wijmenga († 1959)

• Adrianus Antonius Trouwborst (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (1) Iesberts, Hilversum
• (2) Iesberts, Hilversum
• Anna Maria Oosterom, van (54), Bandoeng
• Adriaantje van Lieburg (21), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Anna Marie Oosterom (74), Bandung, Nederlands-Indië
• Sanders (0), St. Annaparochie
• Adriaan Vermunt (86), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrika Savelkoul (0), Maasbree
• Alida Geertruida KAPTEIJN (0), Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth

• 1900 » Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank († 1945)
• 1900 » Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator († 1978)
• 1901 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba († 1973)
• 1902 » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary († 1945)
• 1903 » William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver († 1945)
• 1905 » Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1906 » Diana Wynyard, English actress († 1964)
• 1906 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot († 1975)
• 1907 » Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1907 » Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2004)

• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)

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 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.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on January 16, 1904 was between 0.2 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.