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• Alijda Cornelia Wierst, van, Utrecht († 1949)
• Adrianus Jacobus de Leeuw, Dongen († 1954)
• Adriana Wijker, IJmuiden (gem. Velsen, NH) († 1987)
• Albert Visscher, Hellendoorn, Nederland († 1993)
• van Scherpenzeel, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1904)
• * Gerardus Lambertus Jacobus van de Grint, 's Hertogenbosch
• ? Te Kronnie, Stemerdinkkavenstee (Brinkheurne) († 1904)
• Andrew Koedam, Welcome Township, Sioux County, Iowa († 1976)
• Alexander Hutcheon, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1914)
• Adriana Wijker, Velsen († 1987)

• Antonia Cornelia van den Boom (5), Dinther, NL
• Aleida Joost (Joostinck) (87), Geesteren
• ? Te Kronnie (0), Stemerdinkkavenstee (Brinkheurne)
• Alberdina Veninga (40), Wildervank
• Adrina Elizabeth van der Hoorn, Alkemade
• Antony Nummerdor (55), Putten
• Antonij Nummerdor (55), Putten
• Albertine Cornelia Trip van Zoudtlandt, 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Griffijn (87), Den Haag, Nederland
• Antonie BLAAK (0), Oud Beijerland

• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)
• 1906 » Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator († 1989)
• 1909 » Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic († 1987)
• 1911 » Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model († 1992)
• 1911 » Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress († 1998)

• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)

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 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.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• 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.

The temperature on May 17, 1904 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.