About the day » Wednesday November 2, 1904Calender converter

• Aleida Theodora (Lei) Derksen, Beek (Bergh) († 1995)
• Aleida Theodora Derksen, Beek (Bergh) (GL)
• Albert Ernst Jesterhoudt, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Aleida Willmanowsky, Gronau, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1988)
• Angele Lips, Beveren-aan-de-IJzer, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1970)
• Adrianus Francisse van Olmen, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Moning, Burgum, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1904)
• van der Horst, Rotterdam († 1904)
• Anna van Lammeren, Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Aleida Hennekes, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)

• Aron LOOS (53)
• CECILIANA *** VAN DEN BRANDEN (83), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Catharina Brocks (85), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Mulder (1), Slagharen
• Antonius Josephus Maria Joannes D'havé (0), Gent
• Christiaan Frederikus Rövekamp (77), Den Haag
• Berendina Talens (0), oldekerk
• Beerend Alles Hoogenberg (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Agnes Johanna Kapel (0), Noordwijk
• Anna Catharina Barbara Kouwenberg (61), Steensel

• 1899 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1973)
• 1903 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1905 » Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright († 1989)
• 1905 » Isabella Smith Andrews, New Zealand writer († 1990)
• 1905 » James Dunn, American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic († 1959)
• 1906 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1908 » Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player († 1942)
• 1908 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer († 1983)
• 1910 » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior († 1999)

• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)

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.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• 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.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on November 2, 1904 was between 5.6 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.