About the day » Sunday April 17, 1904Calender converter

• Amy Noon, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia († 1994)
• Alberdina ter Haar, Arnhem († 1963)
• Allen Reemt Uden, George, Lyon Co., IA († 1991)
• Alfred George David WALTERS, Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia († 1993)
• Adriaan Laan, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Albertus Franciscus Tonissen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Schuppert, Holten († 1904)
• Acilino Faustino Pereira, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Pruym, Antwerpen
• Anna Hamers, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1906)

• Anna Sibilla Quabach (74), Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Clazina Adriana Schoonderwoerd (0), Alkemade
• Anna Mary DeHeck (69), New Hamburg, Scott, Missouri, United States
• Ann LAMBERT (82), Oxford, Franklin County, Idaho, United States Of America
• Abeltje Klaassens Meijer (67), Pieterzijl
• Adrianus Cornelis Vermeiren (0), Baarle-Nassau
• Cornelia Huisman (2), Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla Stern \ Stein (78), Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Schoonenbeek (81), Rhenen, Nederland
• Abeltje Meijer (67), Pieterzijl (Gem. Grijpskerk), Groningen, Nederland

• 1899 » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1958)
• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach († 1975)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)
• 1905 » Arthur Lake, American actor († 1987)
• 1905 » Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor († 1960)
• 1906 » Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente († 1984)
• 1909 » Alain Poher, French politician, President of France († 1996)
• 1910 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence († 1990)
• 1910 » Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer († 1999)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)

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.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on April 17, 1904 was between 6.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.