About the day » Wednesday November 23, 1904Calender converter

• Adriaan Bliek, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Liedenbaum, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika Besteman, Helder († 1987)
• Adrianus Kooreman, Leiden
• Albertus Nijhoff, Nijverdal, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1989)
• Akke Douma, Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Adriana Moerland, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Braam, Velsen († 1934)
• Akke Douma, Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Siebe Hut, Zevenhuizen

• Aaron Jacob (71), St Pancras, London
• Abraham Johannes Veerman (59), Leiden
• Arnold Wilhelm Post (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria WINDEN (67), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Arnold Wilhelm Post (0), Amsterdam
• Antonius Postma (47), Bolsward, Fr, Nederland
• Adolphus Anthonysz. de la Rambelje (69), Soerabaja, Oost-Java, France
• André Christophe JOLLIVET (87), Challans, 85300, France
• Arnoldus Adrianus van der Heiden (1), Schiedam
• Antje Pieters Eizinga (82), Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, Nederland

• 1899 » Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist and educator († 1974)
• 1901 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player († 1962)
• 1902 » Aaron Bank, American colonel († 2004)
• 1902 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor († 1982)
• 1905 » K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant († 1979)
• 1906 » Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet († 1989)
• 1907 » Lars Leksell, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon († 1986)
• 1907 » Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB († 2014)
• 1908 » Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright († 2006)
• 1909 » Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author († 2000)

• 1890 » William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
• 1899 » Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)
• 1905 » John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)
• 1910 » Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862)
• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)

• 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 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
• 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 average temperature on November 23, 1904 was 2.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.