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• Albert Jan Nijland, Hengelo
• Akke Feenstra († 1961)
• Alma Westendorf
• Agnes Maria Plaum, Zierikzee
• Adolphe Charles BRICART, Haubourdin,59320,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1963)
• Albert Friskus, Wildervank Veendam Groningen Nederland († 1998)
• Adrianus Marinus Coppelmans, Strijp, Nbr.NL († 1905)
• "Gabriel" Peter Paul Pilars de Pilar, Struga, Marki, Pologne († 1978)
• Aaldert Koops, Hoogeveen († 2002)
• Aaldert Koops, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)

• Arie Veltmeijer (80), Bovensmilde, Smilde
• Adriana Buys (77), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia van der Maeselen (56), Utrecht, Nederland
• Akke Yntema (0), Sneek
• Arend Boomkens (44), Hilversum
• Anna Christina Selbach (67), Unterselbach (Kürten-Offermannsheide)
• ANNA CATHERINA VAN MAROEY (65), Schilde
• Antonia Eijkhout (IJkhout) (70), Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Veldmeijer (80), Bovensmilde, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Geertruida SCHOLTEN (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress († 2003)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)
• 1911 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Dorothy Janis, American actress († 2010)
• 1912 » Saul Chaplin, American composer († 1997)

• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on February 19, 1904 was between 0.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.