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• Adriana Gerardina van Leeuwen, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Anna la Porte († 1965)
• Anna Elisabeth van den Heuvel, Haaften, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Alberdina Hendrika Vlogtman, Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1905)
• Bugter, Elst († 1904)
• Adriana Jacoba de Waal, Dreischor
• Adrianus Waelbers, Bree, Provincie Limburg, België († 1943)
• Albertus Barbe, Graauw († 1905)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Vermeeren, Baarle-Nassau († 1996)
• Abraham Rumstein, Nunemberg, Germany († 1985)

• Agatha Alida Antonia Woldberg (4), Steenwijk
• (Stillbirth) ZELDENRUST (0), Harkstede, Slochteren
• Anneke van der Stelt (88), Dussen, Nederland
• Annechien Dijkhuis (31), Onderdendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Ann Elizabeth Gimson (77), Twickenham London England
• Adrianus Maas, Berlicum
• Aaltje Vos (66), Groningen
• Anna Catharina van Kessel (79), Waalre
• Aaltje van den Top (76), De Glind
• Aartje Wilhelmina Schaap (14), Loenen

• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Edward G. Robinson, American actor († 1973)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer († 1942)
• 1907 » Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1912 » Henry Armstrong, American boxer († 1988)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer († 1998)
• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)

• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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.
• 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.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on December 12, 1904 was between -0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.