About the day » Wednesday March 16, 1904Calender converter

• Alma Paula Maria BRAECKE, Schore, 35016, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1992)
• Allegonda Johanna Brands, Tilburg († 1943)
• Anna Josephina Josepha van den Dungen, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1936)
• Aaltje De Groot, Staphorst, Nederland († 1964)
• Andries Jan Daniel (Arie) Zwart, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1993)
• Wehkamp, Emmen (NL) († 1904)
• Anna Maria Dams, Mielen-Boven-Aalst, België († 1969)
• Alyce Verhulst, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2004)
• Abraham Burger, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Doninica Bol, Groningen († 1978)

• Adrianus van Tichelt (41), Ekeren
• Adolphus Antonius Hendriks (0), Utrecht
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Dongen (58), Rotterdam
• Wehkamp (0), Emmen (NL)
• Allegonda Welten Jongers (62), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacob Rotman (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Oorschot (71)
• Carolus Bastiaens (62), Westerlo, België
• Catharina Meurs (55), Renkum
• Huizinga (0), Rodeschool gem. Middelstum

• 1900 » Cyril Hume, American novelist († 1966)
• 1900 » Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin († 1964)
• 1901 » Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer († 1987)
• 1903 » Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan († 2001)
• 1906 » Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator († 2009)
• 1906 » Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian († 1998)
• 1906 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player († 1944)
• 1908 » Ernest Rogez, French water polo player († 1986)
• 1908 » René Daumal, French author and poet († 1944)
• 1908 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1966)

• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)

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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• 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".
• December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The temperature on March 16, 1904 was between -4.6 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.