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• Adrianus Franciscus van Erp, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alyda Jacoba Hendrika Wilhelmina van der Veen
• ALPHONSUS VAN DEN BRANDEN, HONTENISSE,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Agnes Janet Wentink, New Jersey († 1980)
• Afke Sybrens Talma, Oldehove
• Albert Groenenboom, Rhoon
• Adriana Appolonia van Kester, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Kirk White († 1990)
• Adriana Appolonia van Kester, Poeldijk (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Blömer, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• Annechien Venema (1), Haren
• Adrianus Elich (73), Breda
• Adriana van Lange (1), Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Constantinus Paardekam, Ossendrecht, Nederland
• Aloysius De Clerck (51), Kerksken
• Alle Gorter (58), Nijmegen
• Adolf * Roodbeen (57), (GL) Opheusden
• (Maria) Helena Weusten (4), Ulestraten
• Anna Onstein (56), Brummen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Bloemen (64), Sneek

• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)
• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)

• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

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.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on January 31, 1904 was between 3.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.