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• Aafke van Woerekom, s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adrianus Johannes Kentie, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1905)
• Albertus Snel, Willeskop († 1905)
• Adrianus Johannes van Donzel, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Veldkamp, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartje van Houwelingen, IJmuiden-Oost († 1979)
• Alexander Luttmer, Groningen
• Albertus Abbink, Hengelo
• Aaltje Nieuwenweg, Exloërmond (Odoorn) († 1908)
• Adrianus Johannes Kentie, Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1905)

• Alberdina Hendrika van Binsbergen (1), Nederbiel
• Catharina Francisca Busch (86), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Thijssen (71), Tegelen (Venlo), Limburg, Nederland
• Anneke Pannekoek (52), Rotterdam
• Geelen (0), Heer
• van Herk (75)
• Apolonia Gerardina Tol (75), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bouke Luijes Huizinga (80), Uithuizermeeden, Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands
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• Bastiaantje van Herk (75), Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator († 1970)
• 1901 » Olev Roomet, Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player († 1987)
• 1902 » Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece († 1986)
• 1902 » Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic († 1979)
• 1903 » Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1993)
• 1903 » Ella Baker, American activist († 1986)
• 1905 » Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic († 2007)
• 1906 » Laurens van der Post, South African-English soldier and author († 1996)
• 1906 » Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark († 1968)
• 1908 » Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist († 1995)

• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
• 1924 » Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

• 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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on December 13, 1904 was between -1.8 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.