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• Aartje Bakker, Hilversum
• Alfons Christiaan August PIRON, Vorselaar,2290,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1973)
• Boom, Otterlo (Ede), Gelderland, Nederland († 1904)
• Ambrose Edward MacDonald, Midland, Ontario Canada († 1986)
• Alida Maria Schillemans, Beverwijk († 1991)
• Andreas Antoon van der Sterren, Horst († 1965)
• Alfons LENS, Arendonk,2370,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1983)
• Albertha Ambrosia van Loosbroek, Oijen en Teeffelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Albert Sipkes Swierstra († 1980)
• Abraham Kwak, Hien (gemeente Dodewaard) († 1988)

• Antje Teedes Welma (60)
• Duiven (0), Steenwijkerwold
• Alphons Nicolas Joseph Offermans (59), Kerkrade (L
• Adrianus Johannes Vroonhof (1), Amsterdam
• Antje Pieters Boonstra (39), Emmercompascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Eisinga- (0), Eerste Exloermond, Nederland
• Alida Vinkensteijn (1), Rotterdam
• Américo da Silva Oliveira (66), Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Antje Boonstra (39), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Thys (80), Pulle

• 1900 » Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist († 1961)
• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)
• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)
• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

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 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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• 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.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on December 7, 1904 was between 3.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.