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• Alida van WEEREN, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Anna Eliza Cover († 1982)
• Adriaan Gomes, Den Helder († 1964)
• Aaltje Idema, Valthermond († 1963)
• Anna Elizabeth Cover, Covert, Van Buren County, Michigan († 1982)
• Rietveld, arkel (zuid holland)
• Adriana Antonia van Weesenbeek, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• Andreas Cornelius Maria den Ouden, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1905)
• Adrianus Johannes Hermanus Geerling, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Hermanus Geerling, Breda

• Dina Hendrika Renken (61), Laketown, Allegan County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Ursula Belmans (35), Geel, België
• David Edward Cavenee (86), Genoa, Vernon, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Calista Knapp (50)
• Dirkje Jansen Ham (82), Urk
• Arie Terlouw (75), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Aldegondis Bertina Thewis (36), Gelinden, België
• Alfred Joseph Delpire (48), Walcourt, Namur, Belgium
• Elisabeth Jonker (84), Zijpe
• Derkje Ham (82), Urk

• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)
• 1896 » Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)
• 1898 » Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor († 1960)
• 1900 » Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer († 1973)
• 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
• 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
• 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)

• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (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.
• January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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".

The temperature on October 21, 1904 was between 7.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.