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• Aart Hoogendoorn, Boskoop
• Albertien Harms Meekhof, Hees (Ruinen)
• Adrianus Boerboom, Afferden, Nederland († 1904)
• Adriana Koster († 1979)
• Adrianus Ruigrok, Vlaardingen
• Ale Jouke Nicolas Streicher, Den Helder
• Adrianus Franciscus Klabbers, Heumen († 1904)
• Aleida Maria de Winter, Deventer († 1954)
• Aaltje van der Horst, Kampen († 1989)
• Adriaantje van der Hoeven, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1985)

• Andrew Dickey (94), Parke, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Zandbergen (0), de Leeuwte (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Albert Karst van der Kaap (67), Groningen
• Andries van Leeuwen (4), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Barbara Johanna Kooij (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Al (68), Assendelft NH NL
• Antje Winkel (37), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alida Johanna Lelieveld (60), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Mastbergen (Mastbergen,van Marsbergen,Mersbergen) (87), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Carl Ludwig SCHMITZER (77), EUPEN, Liège, Belgique

• 1903 » Josephine Hutchinson, American actress († 1998)
• 1904 » Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator († 1986)
• 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)
• 1906 » Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
• 1906 » John Murray, American playwright and producer († 1984)
• 1906 » Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1988)
• 1908 » Ann Petry, American novelist († 1997)
• 1908 » Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1910 » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic († 2013)
• 1910 » Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator († 1985)

• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)

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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 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".
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on October 12, 1904 was between 1.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.