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• Alphonsius Adrianus Geerts, Ossendrecht
• Adrianus Warmerdam, 's-Gravenhage, ZUI, Nederland
• Adrienne Emma Maria Daled, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1937)
• Aloysius Adrianus van Dun, Ravels (België) († 1961)
• Adriana Willempje van der Eijk, Schipluiden († 1973)
• Adrianus Cornelis Josephus van Houten, Heemstede († 1969)
• Anna Barendina Clazina van Wijhe, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Cathalijntje Nieskens, Aardenburg
• "Philippe" Marie René Gauquelin des Pallières, Caen, Calvados, France († 1948)
• Aartje Boomhouwer, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Willem Joseph Spaas (54), Liege (Belgie)
• Alvin Adams (37), West Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Aafke Jans Rijzebol (71), Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Amelia Todderick (75), Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriaen Willem Joseph SPAAS (54), Liege, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Albert Gerritsz Bakker (28), Urk-NOP-Flevoland-Netherlands
• Geert Keizer (78), Havelte
• Adriaan Willem Joseph SPAAS (54), Lige,Province de Lige,Walloon Region,Belgi
• Antje Annes LEERLING (75), Vledderveen, Vledder
• Aafke Jans RIJZEBOL (71), Eenrum Groningen Netherlands

• 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
• 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)
• 1900 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician († 1945)
• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)
• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany († 1983)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

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 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 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.

The temperature on October 7, 1904 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.