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• Sol, Princenhage († 1971)
• Adriana Petronella Koster, Barendrecht († 1990)
• Alida Johanna Merbel
• Anna Catharina Gerritdr Harlaar, Enkhuizen, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana van Ginneken, Etten-Leur († 1904)
• Angelina Rebecca Hitchins, Victoria, Australia († 1974)
• Albert Ferdinand Kaste, Duitsland († 1973)
• Anna RUNDERKAMP, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Fischer, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1904)
• Abe Hielkema, Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)

• Aren BRABER Jzn (82), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Aren Braber (82), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Albert Jan Egbers (72), Lochem
• Angelina Maria Louisa Leijs (0), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Beentjes (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Albert Dikkeboer (8), Holten
• Alida van der Elst (60), Haarlem, Nederland
• Aaltje Langendoen (75), Goes
• ? Rink (0), Lutten
• Aleida van Enk (0), Oldebroek

• 1900 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1959)
• 1900 » Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director († 1996)
• 1901 » E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist († 1988)
• 1902 » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1903 » Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general († 1974)
• 1904 » Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner († 1980)
• 1904 » Duncan Renaldo, American actor († 1985)
• 1904 » Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter († 2001)
• 1907 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church († 1975)
• 1907 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer († 1977)

• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician

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 » 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.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• 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.

The temperature on April 23, 1904 was between 6.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.