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• Albert Herman Harder, verm. Indonesië († 1997)
• Ymker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Adrianus BAKX, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Zandbeek, Sint Michielsgestel (Den Dungen) (Noord Brabant)
• Alfonsus LAEVEREN, Zichem Belgie († 1980)
• Allegonda van Gelder, Appeltern
• Adrianus van Driel, Rotterdam
• Adriana Wilhlemina Catheriana Kroos, Den Helder († 1992)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Catheriana Kroos, Den Helder († 1992)
• Albert De Neve, Nieuwerkerken

• Angelina Knubben (45), Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Swan (1), Warmenhuizen
• Berend Geerts (29), Sleen
• Adolf Gustaaf Piens (24), Gent
• Bernard Unland (64), Bocholt, Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aaltje Nijk (59), Steenwijk
• Adrianus Hendrikus Vloemans (45), Utrecht
• Baukje Jurjens Bleeker (68), Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Spigt, Doetinchem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Niemeijer (34), Exloermond (Odoorn)

• 1899 » Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator († 1937)
• 1900 » Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle († 1977)
• 1900 » Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales († 1976)
• 1901 » Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician († 1936)
• 1902 » Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist († 1985)
• 1904 » Robert Livingston, American actor and singer († 1988)
• 1905 » Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee († 1976)
• 1906 » Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist († 1983)
• 1906 » Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL († 1992)

• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)

• 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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• 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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• 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 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on December 9, 1904 was between -1.2 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.