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• Adriana Hendrica Roosen, Middelbeers Oost-West
• Dingemanse, Grijpskerke
• Abelina Beekman, Ter Apelkanaal (Vlagtwedde)
• Albert Fokkerts (Ab) Schuurman, Rhenen, Nederland († 1990)
• Adolphine Johanna Maria Willemine Rant, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalf van Dijken, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1942)
• Adriana Dymphna Maria Schoone, Zevenbergen († 1976)
• Aalf van Dijken, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Aagje Ariens van Rijn, Katwijk († 1997)
• Adriana Elizabeth Sophia de Witte, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1904)

• (62), Oisterwijk
• Antonia Beentjes (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Adrianus VAN RIJSWIJK (0), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Hendriks (64), Gilze-Rijen, Nederland
• Adriana Wennekes (69), Jutphaas
• Adrianus Alblas (47), Delft
• Adolphe Emile KUENTZ (5), Illfurth, 68720, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Adriana Hendrickx (64), Gilze en Rijen
• Antonia van der Pluijm (74), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria Verhoeven (0), Loon op Zand

• 1898 » Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician († 1951)
• 1898 » Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma († 1984)
• 1899 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer († 1943)
• 1900 » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist († 1980)
• 1901 » Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer († 1982)
• 1903 » Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author († 1982)
• 1904 » Joan Crawford, American film actress († 1977)
• 1905 » Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1909 » Charles Werner, American cartoonist († 1997)

• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)

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 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

The temperature on March 23, 1904 was between 4.3 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north.