About the day » Friday February 12, 1904Calender converter

• Albertus Jansz Jongejans, Assendelft NH NL († 1966)
• Aaltje Vlam, Hoorn († 1985)
• Agnes A.C. (Nes) Ruyten, Beegden, Li.NL († 1972)
• Alberta Wilhelmina Johanna Tijssen, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Pieter Hendrik Stolk, Rotterdam Z.H
• Adrianus Romijn, Rotterdam
• Adriana Sonneveld, Pijnacker
• * Wilhelmus Johannes (Wim) # van Noort, Nieuwkuijk († 1968)
• Aafke Jantine Kooistra, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Nijzing, Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Ermerveen († 1996)

• Aaltje Dieterts Bakker (60), Ommelanderwijk, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Annigje Wielink (7), Wilsum, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aukje Hermanus van der Meer (74), Utrecht
• Aartje Alberts Visser (78), Heerde,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• (90), Bedburg-Hau Louisendorf, Kreis Kleve, NRW, D
• Bartholomeus Henneke (84), Hillegom
• Antonie van Mol (52), Middelbeers (Oirschot) (Noord-Brabant)
• adrianus de GEUS (33), klaaswaal
• Alice Rosalia Maria Boel (16), Hulst
• Adrianus De GEUS (33), Klaaswaal

• 1900 » Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California († 1983)
• 1902 » William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1903 » Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)
• 1904 » Ted Mack, American radio and television host († 1976)
• 1907 » Joseph Kearns, American actor († 1962)
• 1908 » Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher († 1931)
• 1908 » Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist († 1982)
• 1909 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician († 1945)
• 1909 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator († 2005)

• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• 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 February 12, 1904 was between 0.5 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.