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• Albertha Amsink, Hardenberg († 1905)
• Alida Elzina Hartsema, Wehe gem. Leens († 1955)
• Agatha Anna POUS KOOLHAAS, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Goossens, Hoogeloon († 1905)
• Aart Groenenboom, Poortugaal
• Albert Jan Dierdorp, Amsterdam Noord Holland Nederland († 1971)
• Agnes Sopcich, Nebraska († 1997)
• Albert Vlasman, Illinois († 1992)
• Alida Zwarthoed, Edam, Nederland († 1981)
• Albertus Hendricus Boks, Den Haag

• Postma (0), Augustinusga (Stynsgea), Achtkarspelen, Fryslân, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Snijders (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Berendina Stegeman (24), Winterswijk
• Anna Christina Maria Batteké (0), Schoten
• Anna van Gils (75), Zevenbergen
• Berendina Eeltink, Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• Barbara Schenkelaars (32), Strijp, Nederland
• Arie Schop (61), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Gils (75), Zevenbergen
• Anna Maria Kregtingh (60), Gendt, Nederland

• 1895 » Matthew Ridgway, American general († 1993)
• 1895 » Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1898 » Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1900 » Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 († 1974)
• 1901 » Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier († 2011)
• 1902 » Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress († 1987)
• 1903 » Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician († 1967)
• 1906 » Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic († 1991)
• 1911 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1982)
• 1911 » Jean Harlow, American actress († 1937)

• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)

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 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
• 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.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• 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 3, 1904 was between -0.7 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.