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• , Tilburg († 1963)
• Anna Elisabeth Helena Lof, Watergraafsmeer
• Aafje van Veen, Blankenham, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna Lamina de Wit, Steenwijk
• Anna van Holland, Ruinen († 1943)
• Alphonsius Gijsels († 1973)
• Anna Catharina Schimmel, Soest († 1992)
• Angelique van Renesse van Duivenbode, Kema, Menado († 1973)
• Annetje BRUGGEMAN, Vlaardingen, ZH, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana Hendrika Buitenhuis

• Aagje Bakker (6), Den Helder
• Anna Catharina Helena Ploumen (7), Gulpen
• Alexandrine de Bade (84)
• Alexandrine Louise van ZAHRINGEN-VAN BADEN (84), Coburg, Beieren
• Aaltje Visser (54), Olst
• Alexandrine Louise von Baden-Durlach (84), Schloss Callenberg
• Aleida Jacoba Heinink (52), Wolvega
• Alexandrine v.Baden (84), Coburg
• Alida Laurensia Hoff (1), Rotterdam
• Albert Veneman (0), Dedemsvaart

• 1899 » Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician († 1981)
• 1900 » Lissy Arna, German film actress († 1964)
• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)
• 1905 » Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1992)
• 1907 » Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter († 1984)
• 1908 » Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer († 1994)

• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

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.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 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.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• 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 temperature on December 20, 1904 was between -2.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.