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• Adrianus Franciscus Damen, Loon op Zand († 1962)
• Alice Lucille Andersen, Richmond, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Abel F Bastine, Blackford County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Adrianus van Riet, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriaan Dieleman, Zaamslag
• Antonius Adrianus MUSKENS, Waspik,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Nijhuis, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Gerrit Jan de Jonge, Axel († 1980)
• Anna Maria Catharina van Arendonk, Gilze en Rijen († 1987)
• Alberdina DE GROOT, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 1974)

• Alida Cornelia Buikman (2), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Noordermeer (63), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Snoeij (73), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Christina Johanna Merkensaat (26), 's-Gravenhage
• Alida Moerman (2), Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Elizabeth Cornelia van Dijk (0), Leersum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Aplonia Lagendijk (57), Ridderkerk
• Bernardus Johannes Jansen (77), Den Haag,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Amos Hardin Gallaher (84), Wayne Co., TN
• Antonia Schouwenaars (73), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)
• 1905 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier († 1943)
• 1905 » Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot († 1930)
• 1907 » Irene Hunt, American author and educator († 2001)
• 1909 » Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic († 1995)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

• 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 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 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• 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 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on May 18, 1904 was between 8.8 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.