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• Agnesa Catharina Boerrigter, Hellendoorn
• Andrea Maria Verhees, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1906)
• Anna Maria Bosch, Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aletta Merkenhof, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Maria Janssen, Neer
• Adriana Nicolasina van de Coevering, Oss († 1965)
• Rutjens, Nederweert († 1904)
• Andries Louwrier, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1905)
• Albert Gerrit John Pfister, Hatert, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1994)
• Anna Catharina Josepha Bestebroer, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 1995)

• Amalia de Concepción Gertrudis de Mosquera y Arboleda (78), Popayán, Colombie
• Antonius Hendrikus Meijers (0), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Alida Geertruida Commandeur (0), Wognum Nederland
• anthonij DIJKERS (77), sommelsdijk
• Aart Schreuder (49), Putten
• Anthonij DIJKERS Hzn (76)
• Niehaus (0), Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Amalia Concepción Gertrudis de Mosquera y Arboleda (78), Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
• Rutjens (0), Nederweert
• Anna Maria Seroo (74), Horst, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1896 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1897 » Constance Savery, English author († 1999)
• 1900 » Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor († 1976)
• 1902 » Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist († 1950)
• 1902 » Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet († 1987)
• 1902 » Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist († 1958)
• 1907 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer († 1973)
• 1908 » Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist († 2009)
• 1912 » Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2001)
• 1912 » Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor († 2008)

• 1884 » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)

• 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 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on October 31, 1904 was between 2.0 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.