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• Abraham de Hullu, Groede, Zeeland, Nederland († 1906)
• Anna Maria Bendina Keuben, Ulft, Oude IJsselstreek, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1989)
• Botter, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Aaltje Bijsterbosch, Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland (Gemeente Epe)
• Adrianus Antonius van Opijnen, Zaltbommel
• Alberta Schouten, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Adriana van der Ham, 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Aalkelina Pieterdina Schreuder, Uithuizen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Klumpen, Breyell, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Abraham Hofman, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adolf Jan Gorter (39), Wijk aan Zee
• Alida Geertruida Amse Amse (0), Beverwijk
• Alida van Suffelen (71), Den Haag,-
• Nijmeijer (76), Hoogeveen
• Angèle Gauthier (80), Sainte Anne des plaines, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada
• Catharina Anna Tuijnman (0), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van den Berg (61), Stompwijk
• Adriana Pieternella Rietveld (0), dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Andries Philippus Baak (60), Amsterdam
• Anna Vermeeren (87), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1896 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union († 1974)
• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)
• 1910 » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer († 2004)
• 1911 » Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman († 1999)
• 1911 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager († 1984)

• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)

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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• 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 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.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on December 1, 1904 was between 6.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.