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• Amelia Juliana Jacobsen, Delmar, Iowa († 1992)
• Andreas Cornelis Joseph Fournier, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1978)
• Andrea Davidson, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• adriana de KLERK, oud-beijerland
• Adriaan Brand, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Abram Speur, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Geertje Van Der Weide, Hoogeveen
• Abraham Frank, Amsterdam, N-Holl, NL († 1943)
• Adrianus Hendriksen († 1985)
• Adriaan van Luijk, Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)

• Antonia Van Mele (71), Verrebroek, O-Vl, BE
• catharina magdalena blaauw (79), amsterdam
• Catharina Schout (46), Koudekerke
• Abraham (Albert) Leiser (56), Malone, Franklin, New York, United States
• Anna Steenbergen (53), Baarn (Utrecht)
• Albartus van Toorn (0), Echteld
• Albertus Brinkhuis (78), Enschede
• Adrianus Middelkoop (79), Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara LEPOUTRE (73), Torhout
• Anne Zeunen (65), Sleen

• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on October 8, 1904 was between 4.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.