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• "Louise" Marcelle Marguerite Marie de Tristan, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France († 1994)
• Anna Margaretha Claes, Luykgestel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Marinus Albertus Brands, Lonneker
• Albert Kuipers, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Jans Spaanderman, IJmuiden
• Aafina Gerarda Perdok, Godlinze († 1945)
• Aldert Molenaar, Rotterdam
• Aagje Groen, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1904)
• Adriana Koolen, Ossendrecht, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Adriana Aartman, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)

• Aaltje Leeuwerink (61), Koog aan de Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert MUILWIJK (0), Giessendam
• Aaron Minser (73), Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
• Age Sybrens (Aage) Visser (91), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus (Douwes) Bouma (54), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Althea (Alta) Maria Empey (83), St. Gabriel, Montreal, Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada
• Aagje Spijker (63), Hazerswoude-Dorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Visser (91), Oldeboorn
• Aage Sybrens Visser (91), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexius Antonius Emilius Maria Serruijs (77), Dordrecht

• 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)
• 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)
• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)
• 1906 » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1989)
• 1913 » Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)

• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

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 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on January 29, 1904 was between 0.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.