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• Aaldert Otten, Nieuweroord (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Adolf Louis van Hecke, Hengelo († 1975)
• Aaltje Meininger, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aalbert van der TOORN, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• André Constant Joseph Hector Puttemans, Wavre, Brabant, Belgique († 1961)
• Alberta Lea Van den Abeele, Maarke, België
• Aaldert Otten, Nieuweroord
• Alwin Edwin Drabsch, Petersburg, South Australia
• Alfons Ferdinand Geuens, Mol, België
• Alida Jungerius, Almkerk († 1931)

• Catharina Cornelissen (58), Rotterdam
• Anna Dekker (6), Heerhugowaard
• célina DELBAUVE (56), Mons,Hainaut (Belgium)
• (Stillborn) HEIDEMA (0), Baflo Groningen Netherlands
• Andreas Wiersma (0), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Barent Kobes (79), Vriezenveen
• Adriana Lastdrager (25), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Wit (26), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Noorlander (2), Rotterdam
• Antoinette Bremer (63), Aachen,Regierungsbezirk Köln,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany

• 1898 » Arthur Legat, Belgian race car driver († 1960)
• 1902 » Eugen Jochum, German conductor († 1987)
• 1902 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright († 1943)
• 1903 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer († 1963)
• 1903 » Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor († 1973)
• 1904 » Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress († 1996)
• 1905 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and educator († 1960)
• 1906 » Johnny Indrisano, American boxer († 1968)
• 1907 » Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer († 1976)
• 1909 » Hans Mork, South African-Australian rugby league player († 1960)

• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)

• 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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• 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.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on November 1, 1904 was between 2.6 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.