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• Angele ALBRECHT, Bouvry, France († 1909)
• Anna Smeets, Maastricht († 1991)
• Albertus Kalkhaar, Almelo Overijssel Nederland († 1976)
• Alice Ethel Dorr, Pickens County, South Carolina († 1941)
• Alijda Kruimel, Hilversum († 1983)
• Adriana Maria van Dam, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Adriana Taal, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Alida Catharina Jacobs, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Jacobs, Houten († 1931)
• Adriana Maria van Dam, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1959)

• Albert Drees (59), Balkbrug
• Anna Margerita Verstappen (68), Hunsel
• Antoine Frederik Weijnschenk (22), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Webers (69), Limbricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Abel Roos (71), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Adriaan PIJL (85), Alblasserdam
• Aaltje Hendriks Zeeman (65), Huizen
• Andries Hoeneveld (49), Rotterdam
• Antonius Welten-Jongers (57), Oss
• Anna Maria Hubertina WEBERS (69), Limbricht, 6120, Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1903 » Una Merkel, American actress († 1986)
• 1904 » Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia († 1975)
• 1906 » Harold Adamson, American lyricist († 1980)
• 1906 » Jules Ladoumègue, French runner († 1973)
• 1907 » Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor († 1979)
• 1907 » Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach († 2005)
• 1907 » Rumer Godden, English author and poet († 1998)
• 1908 » Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist († 1992)
• 1909 » Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer († 1990)
• 1910 » Dan Blocker, American television actor, played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on Bonanza († 1972)

• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
• 1932 » Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)

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".
• January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• 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.
• 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 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The temperature on December 10, 1904 was between 1.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.