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• Arend van de Beek, Doornspijk {GE}
• Albert Hanekamp, Oene, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna († 1977)
• Anna Groen in t († 1977)
• Alberdina Abbing, Elp († 1992)
• Antonius Dingemans, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinie Johannes Lauers, lenthe († 1930)
• Adriana Francina van Geelen, Schoonhoven († 1905)
• Aline Elvire Toorop, Batavia († 1908)
• , Bavel († 1987)

• Albert Nijland (80), Rijssen
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Lobel (40), 's-Gravenhage
• Annigje Nauta (78), Groningen
• Aukje van Kleffens (55), Kollum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Metz (72), Berlin,Waterloo County,Ontario,Canada
• Anna Maria Bosmans (20), Pijpelheide, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alexander Adolph Edward Johan Reinoud Brantsen Van De Zijp (66), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Adolph Edward Reinoud Jhr Brantsen (66), Velp, Rheden
• Alexander Adolf Edward Johan Reinoud Jonkheer Brantsen (66), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Star Busmann (34), Den Helder

• 1894 » Agda Helin, Swedish actress († 1984)
• 1904 » Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author († 1995)
• 1906 » Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1975)
• 1906 » Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer and educator († 2010)
• 1906 » Peter Blume, Belarusian-American painter and sculptor († 1992)
• 1908 » Lee Krasner, American painter († 1984)
• 1910 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1963)
• 1910 » Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American chemical engineer († 2000)
• 1913 » Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author († 2016)
• 1913 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver († 1971)

• 1880 » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)

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 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• 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.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on October 27, 1904 was between 3.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.