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• Afina Wilhelmina Veenstra († 2003)
• Lukassen, Groningen, Nederland († 1987)
• Abraham Hoogesteger, Wemeldinge († 1981)
• Adriana de Ruiter, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Josephina Oerlemans, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander HOBBEL († 1953)
• Adrianus (Arie) Kool, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• adolphe QUINET, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Alida Cornelia Hendrina Heijtink, Zaandam, Nederland († 1905)
• Wisselink, Wisch († 1988)

• Antonetta VINK (87), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Maria Mechtild BEX (81), Maastricht (NL/LI)
• ANNA MARIA MECHTILD BEX (81), Maastricht
• Anna SCOTHORN (81)
• Arnoldus Cornelus Louwrenssen (0), Berghem
• Arnold Lodewijk Lamberts de Grient Dreux (85), Olst
• Antje Machiels Boonstra (65), Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfréd Majo (2), Budapest, Hungary
• Antonius Josephus Krijger (1), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Kruithof (61), Heinenoord, Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1896 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1960)
• 1899 » Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer († 1972)
• 1904 » Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1944)
• 1904 » Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1905 » Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer († 2000)
• 1906 » Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam († 2000)
• 1909 » Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot († 1942)
• 1909 » Winston Sharples, American pianist and composer († 1978)
• 1910 » Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1910 » David Niven, English soldier and actor († 1983)

• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)

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 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 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 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.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on March 1, 1904 was between -3.4 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.