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• Adriana Ludovica Linders, Bergen op Zoom († 1996)
• Agnes Pauline Mathilde Maria Vande Walle, Sint-Amandsberg, België
• Albert Hilberink, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1985)
• Speijer, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adrianus Antonius van den Acker, Uden († 1905)
• Carol Eduard Helenus Zijlmans van Emmichoven, Amsterdam († 1936)
• Alberta Woutera Kap, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1984)
• Albertus Lodewijk Dijst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1904)
• Adriana Maria (Jaan of Jeanette) Ouwerling, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Temple, Hardin County, Ohio († 1992)

• Aleida Maria Altink (13), Rijssen
• Aagje Meijer (74), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon van Gogh, Heesch
• Antonius HUIJBERS (47), Nuenen, 4050, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Eskes (79), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia Maria Dries (4), Rotterdam
• Ann Margaret Bigley (28), Manhattan, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Geertruida VELDERS (74), Deventer
• Antonia Hartgerink (66), Zelhem
• Aart \ Art Eskes (79), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1897 » Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's († 1972)
• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia († 1995)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1904 » Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist († 1997)
• 1905 » Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher († 1982)
• 1908 » Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1909 » Frank Albertson, American actor († 1964)

• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)

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 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.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

The temperature on February 2, 1904 was between -0.4 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.