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• Adriana Anna Cornelia van Wijk, Rotterdam
• Adriana Elisabeth van Schaik († 2002)
• van den Ham, Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1904)
• Adriana Maria Vermeiren, Zundert
• * Aagje Klos, Zegwaart († 1994)
• Aart Beelen, Hierden
• Adriana Maria Vermeiren, Zundert († 1986)
• Aaltje van Wijncoop, Hoef, gem. Putten († 1993)
• Adriaan de Buck, Vlissingen
• Albertus Jacobus Albertusz Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Janssens (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angenietje Hogeveen (62)
• van den Ham (0), Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Angenietje Hoogeveen (62), Baarn
• Tool (0), Oterleek, North Holland, Netherlands
• August Job Hendrik van der Horst (53), Arnhem, Nederland
• Adriaantje Jasperse (29), Sint Maartensdijk, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Sterk (69), 's Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Albert Carl Doeblien (4), Queensland, Australia
• Antonij Goedvree (1), Harderwijk (Tonsel)

• 1902 » Erik Eriksen, Danish politician († 1972)
• 1902 » Gianpiero Combi, Italian footballer († 1956)
• 1902 » Heini Meng, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1902 » Jean Painlevé, French photographer and filmmaker († 1989)
• 1902 » Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish writer and director († 1963)
• 1902 » Philipp Schmitt, German officer of the Schutzstaffel († 1950)
• 1903 » Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and choreographer († 1997)
• 1904 » Arnold Gartmann, Swiss bobsledder († 1980)
• 1905 » Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician († 1998)
• 1906 » Vera Tanner, English swimmer († 1971)

• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier
• 1908 » Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1908 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1910 » Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1918 » John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
• 1923 » Allen Holubar, American actor and director

• 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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• 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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on November 20, 1904 was between 5.0 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.