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• Anna Catharina Verhaag, Meijel
• Angela Catharina de Maat, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje van Holland, Wageningen († 1904)
• Anna Catharina Maria Antonia Rongen, Venray († 1937)
• Aeilko Hartman, Schildwolde, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriaantje Sloof, Rhoon († 1994)
• Drenth, Gasselternijveenschemond († 1904)
• Anna Catharina Huberta Bergs, Beesel,, Limburg, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Catharina Maria Meulenaars, Sint Odiliënberg, Limburg, Netherlands († 1998)
• Amedee Juliaan Vergote, Blankenberge,, West-Vlaanderen, België

• Anna Margaretha Schulte (42), Neusustrum
• Holterbeek Muller
• Adriana Maria Halverhout (45), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Antonius Fransiscus van Baal (54), Oisterwijk
• Arjen Rienstra (41), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Huiybrechts (70), Antwerpen, Antwerpen (B)
• Annetje van Henten (78), Breukelen-Sint Pieters
• Adelia Mary Hall (59), Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Clement (14), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Kaagman (53), Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Vardis Fisher, American author and academic († 1968)
• 1900 » Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester († 1974)
• 1905 » George Treweek, Australian rugby league player († 1991)
• 1905 » Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1908 » Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer († 1999)
• 1911 » Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano († 1986)
• 1911 » Freddie Green, American guitarist († 1987)
• 1912 » William Lederer, American soldier and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist († 2006)

• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
• 1917 » Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1924 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)

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 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• 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.
• 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 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 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on March 31, 1904 was between 1.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.