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• Aloysius Adrianus van Dun, Ravels (België) († 1961)
• Anne Cathalijntje Nieskens, Aardenburg
• Adelia Josephina Stevens, Oppuurs († 2002)
• Alice Carolus, Hancock County, Iowa († 1979)
• Alijda Lena Van der Heide, Culemborg
• Adriana Jacoba Kaptein, Oudenbosch († 1983)
• Adriana Willempje van der Eijk, Schipluiden († 1973)
• Adriana Miltenburg, Utrecht († 1997)
• Alphonsius Adrianus Geerts, Ossendrecht
• Aloysius Adrianus VAN DUN, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1961)

• Antje Takes (82), Wieringen
• Antje Jacobsd Kok (35)
• Aafke Jans Rijzebol (71), Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Higgs <K 580 RwmcFgHiggsMOBu>9 (65), Barry County, Missouri ac
• Abraham Berrevoets (84), Rotterdam
• Adriaen Willem Joseph SPAAS (54), Liege, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Uding (66), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Breukhoven (79), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Willem Joseph SPAAS (54), Lige,Province de Lige,Walloon Region,Belgi
• Amelia Todderick (75), Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie

• 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
• 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)
• 1900 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician († 1945)
• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)
• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany († 1983)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on October 7, 1904 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.