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• Ana Alvim, Atibaia, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aize Koops Bakker, Achtkarspelen, Freisland, Netherlands († 1970)
• Ada Westendorf († 1997)
• Anna Engelina Hoge, Munsterscheveld, Emmen († 1938)
• Aize Koops Bakker († 1970)
• Anna Audrey Emery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Alida Maria Knockaert, Zerkegem, België
• Adriana Hillegonda Verhoeff, Vlaardingen
• Albert van den Bongaard, Apeldoorn
• Adriana van Breugel, Sint-Michielsgestel

• Anthonius Ebbelaar (70), 's Graveland
• Antje Hoek (73), Katwijk
• Agatha Clasina Heeremans (22), Velsen
• Akke Lieuwes Cnossen (1), Folsgare, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van Krimpen (76), Amsterdam
• Agnes Albertina Crompvoets (3), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Agnes Maria Karsten (0), Hoogkarspel, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• - Grave (0), Onstwedde
• Anna Maria Van Aert (40), Wuustwezel
• Abraham van Prooijen (69), Nieuw-Beijerland

• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)
• 1901 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist († 1989)
• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)

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 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.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• 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".
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on January 4, 1904 was between -4.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.