About the day » Sunday October 30, 1904Calender converter

• Albert Millet, Sint-Truiden, België
• Anje Grietje Kannegieter, Scharmer gem. Slochteren († 1907)
• * Lena van den Polder, Rotterdam
• Aartje Ver Beek, Hulshorst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1995)
• Aalt Verbeek, Nunspeet
• Adriana Terreehorst, Leiden († 1986)
• Aaltje van der Linde, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaldert Arnold Jan Quanjer
• Adrianus Gerardus Romanus Horvers, Tilburg
• Adriana Nicolasina COEVERING, van de, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)

• August Prell (62), Taymouth, Saginaw, Michigan, United States
• Catharina Cornelia Maria Lippits (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Carolus Fredrik SCIPIO (61), Semarang
• Ate Gjalts Atema (2), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Joanna Felicita Ruis van Leeuwen (74), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander Dilweg (61), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bartha Catharina van der Neut (39), Schiedam
• Alexander Dilweg (61), Deventer
• Alexander Frederik van Tienhoven (62), 's Gravenhage
• Carolina Adrianus Verdonk (70), Geertruidenberg, Nord-Brabant, Niederlande

• 1900 » Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner († 2003)
• 1906 » Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator († 1970)
• 1906 » Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver († 1966)
• 1906 » Hermann Fegelein, German general († 1945)
• 1907 » Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic († 1995)
• 1908 » Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union († 1984)
• 1908 » Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress († 1996)
• 1908 » Peter Smith, English cricketer († 1967)
• 1908 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician († 1963)

• 1893 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
• 1894 » Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1895 » James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822)
• 1899 » William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (b. 1843)
• 1910 » Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1912 » Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (b. 1840)
• 1912 » James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)

• 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.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 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.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on October 30, 1904 was between 4.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.