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• Adrianus Marinus Vervaart, Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Adraantje Zon, Zijpe († 1991)
• Albert Geusenbroek, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Haasnoot, Katwijk († 1973)
• Adolf Christiaan Keizer, Almelo, Ambt († 1991)
• Adriaan Willem Braal, Renesse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Clara Blok, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Hanegraaf, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Adrianus Bernardus Biemans, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1905)
• Alberdina Josepha Catharina Martin, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)

• Antoinetta Serana (75), Fort de Kock-Padangse Bovenlanden-West Sumatra
• Antje van der Reep (89), Heemstede
• Adrianus Meyvisch (86), Schoten
• Abraham Jacob Janzen (45)
• Aaltje tjerks Boonstra (86), Beers
• Antje van de Reep (89), Heemstede
• Adrianus MEYVISCH (86), Schoten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adèle Joseph Orban (78), Amay, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Aafke Kuikenga (62), oudeschip, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Paulina Rueck (47), 's-Gravenhage

• 1900 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic († 1993)
• 1902 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager († 1963)
• 1904 » Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1995)
• 1904 » Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union († 1978)
• 1906 » Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and theorist († 1975)
• 1906 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood († 1949)
• 1907 » Allan Jones, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1909 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver († 1938)
• 1909 » Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1909 » Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander († 2000)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

• 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".
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
• 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 14, 1904 was between 0.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.