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• Adriana Wilhelmina van Drimmelen, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jan Verjaal, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Adrianus Maas, Rijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Agnes Cornelia Johanna IJsebrands, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Maria Martens, Ginneken en Bavel († 1978)
• Adolf Ernst Schrumpf, Delft, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Ankje Terpstra, Slappeterp Friesland Netherlands († 1991)
• Anna Maria Bom, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Albert Siegers, Avereest († 1905)
• Anna Maria Bom, Wateringen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1947)

• Alfred Parks Browning (73), Junction, Kimble, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Betsy Keziah Parmelee (85), Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, United States of America
• Anna Magdalena Laurentia van Oldenbarneveld genaamd Witte Tullingh (53), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Albartus Jansen (81), Luur, Bronkhorst
• Aafje Veer (61), Hoogkarspel
• Jan Bos (66), Oostwold
• Adriana de Koster (0), Gouda
• Aaltje Edel (49), Beets, Nederland
• Aaltien Alberts (72), Raalte, Nederland
• Aaltje Uiltjes Hettinga (75), Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1909 » Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1998)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

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.
• 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.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on February 16, 1904 was between -0.7 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.