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• Adrianus Johannes Jospehus Jacobs, Tilburg († 1962)
• Aleida WESTERHOF, Dinxperlo, Nederland, Gelderland, De Heurne († 1991)
• Adriana Geertruida Davelaar, Beekbergen (Apeldoorn)
• Albertus MOES, Haarlem
• Aaltje Annetje Otten, Tienhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1905)
• Adrianus Joannes Josefus Jacobs, Tilburg († 1962)
• Aitze Haga, Sneek (FRL)
• Adrianus Johannes Josefus Jacobs, Tilburg († 1962)
• Adrianus Joannes Josefus Jacobs
• Aaltje Weygand, Rheden († 1987)

• Age Roelofs Boosman (78), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Annigje Bult (37), Losser,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuipers (0)
• Adriaan Dam (56), Amsterdam
• Catharina de Bruijn (0), Oudenbosch, Nord Brabant, Nederland
• "Willem" Wilhelm Wilhelm (69), Rotterdam, NL
• Aaltje Kuipers (0)
• Arnoldus Beek van (79), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Charles du Parc (1), Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
• Albertus Johannes Schot (0), Den Haag

• 1900 » Marie Byles, Australian solicitor († 1979)
• 1902 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer († 1924)
• 1902 » Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano († 1974)
• 1904 » Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer († 1970)
• 1904 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1905 » Erwin Keller, German field hockey player († 1971)
• 1905 » Helen Joseph, English-South African activist († 1992)
• 1905 » Joachim Büchner, German sprinter and graphic designer († 1978)
• 1906 » Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator († 1974)
• 1908 » Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter († 1987)

• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• 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.
• 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.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on April 8, 1904 was between 4.4 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.