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• Alvina te Grotenhuis, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1986)
• Anna Cornelia Nieboer, Nijkerk († 1904)
• Grote, Provinzialmoor, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1904)
• Anna Margaretha Andrees, Düthe
• Alberdina Johanna HOLLAND, Moerkapelle Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1986)
• Adriana Sophia den Heijer, Scheveningen († 1983)
• Adriana Helena Stoutjesdijk, Sint Maartensdijk († 1973)
• Albertus Cornelis Antonius van den Bosch, Schipluiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Alma Versluys, Watervliet († 1967)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Stap, Schipluiden, Nederland

• Antoni DOMHOF (38), Lichtenvoorde (Oost Gelre), Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Kouwert (60), Raalte
• Bavius Doekesz ROORDA (70), Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Nieuwboer (Nijboer) (68), Staphorst, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Geertruida Vreken (56), Ouder-Amstel
• Annabella Johanna Cameron Campbell (88)
• Bavius Doekes ROORDA (70), Ferwerderadiel Friesland Netherlands
• Adriana Catharina Zaaijer (69), Lienden
• Aafje Sleutel (69), Den Helder
• Albertus Hillebrand (38), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1893 » Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator († 1986)
• 1903 » Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright († 1975)
• 1905 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1907 » Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman († 2003)
• 1908 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1971)
• 1908 » Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player († 1994)
• 1911 » Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge († 2009)
• 1912 » Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1913 » Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet († 1955)
• 1913 » Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player († 1996)

• 1865 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
• 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)

• 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 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 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.
• 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".
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on January 19, 1904 was between -2.1 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.