About the day » Thursday November 17, 1904Calender converter

• Anna Zonneveld, Castricum († 1949)
• Adrianus Hubertus Bol, Naaldwijk
• Alert Wiersma, Paris Twp, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1996)
• Alida Margaretha Marks, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Aaltje Hermina Olthuis, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)
• Anna Maria Spruit, Veldhuizen, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1911)
• Alphonsus Petrus Joannes Luyts, Zandvliet, Provincie Antwerpen
• "Laure" Marie Victoria de Broglie, Paris († 1911)
• Alida Wilhelmina van Schaik, Jutphaas
• van Boven, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1904)

• Aaltje Koopman Scharwe (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Vink (25), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Judoka Anjoul (86), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Huisman (64), Barsbeek (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Adriaan den Breejen (75), Zwijndrecht
• Aaltjen Roelofs Huisman (64), Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland
• Antonia Koenders (35), Renkum
• Aagje Groen (15), Velsen
• Anna Cecillia Jansen van der Sligte (3), Middel (Olst)
• Arie Willem de Jong (28), Sliedrecht, Nederland

• 1901 » Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director († 1982)
• 1901 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission († 1982)
• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1904 » Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect († 1988)
• 1905 » Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer († 1987)
• 1905 » Astrid of Sweden († 1935)
• 1905 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Rollie Stiles, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1906 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company († 1991)
• 1907 » Israel Regardie, English occultist and author († 1985)

• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 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.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on November 17, 1904 was between 1.8 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.