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• Alida de JONG, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Aart Alblas, Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Aantje Elisabeth BOOM, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adrianus Johannes Franciscus van der Valk, Wateringen († 1924)
• Aantje Elizabeth Boom, Sliedrecht († 1967)
• Alphonsus Henricus Joosen, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus Joannes Franciscus (Adriaan) van der Valk, Kwintsheul, gem. Wateringen (Z-H), Nederland († 1923)
• (Stillborn) TERPSTRA, Ferwerderadiel Friesland Netherlands († 1904)
• Aleida Berendina Sluiter, Zwolle
• Allegonda de Haas, Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)

• Albert Martin Ludwig von Boeckmann Beckmann (42)
• Antonius Johannes Aalders (70), Groenlo
• Andries Willemans (56), Hatert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Alphen (68), Chaam
• Arnolda Brouwer (77), Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands
• Aukje Botes Bakker (71), Ameland
• (Stillborn) LOUWES (0), Zevenhuizen (Leek) Groningen Netherlands
• Arnoldus Christoffel Wijn (1), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Charlotte Schutte (79), Roselle
• Catharina Maria Hubertina Hendriks (30), Meerssen (Rothem)

• 1897 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet († 1982)
• 1898 » Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator († 1944)
• 1898 » Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1899 » Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer († 1966)
• 1900 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)
• 1905 » Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey († 1993)
• 1906 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author († 1997)
• 1908 » Johnny Burke, American songwriter († 1964)

• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)

• 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 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• 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".
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on October 3, 1904 was between 7.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.