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• Adrianus Franciscus Jacobus Hamers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Aaltje Visser, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Ouwerling, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriana Maria Ludovica Verboven, Brecht, België
• Adriana Maria Stevens, Rotterdam († 1938)
• WIJS, Willemstad († 1904)
• († 1960)
• - Laeven, Oud-Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland († 1904)
• Aletta Boersma, Zeist († 1987)
• Alexander Steenssens, Bornem († 1981)

• Aart Theunissen Houweling (0), Rotterdam, zh, Netherlands
• "Théophile" Charles Marie Gautier (67), Paris
• Andries Elzinga (68), Surhuisterveen
• Berendina Oosterveld (55), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Carolus Mauritius Kroothoep (0), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus, Franciscus Goetschalckx (82), Meer (Belgie)
• Anthonie Zeilmaker (61), Zwartsluis
• Andries Anthonius van der Gaag (44), Loosduinen
• Antonius Dominicus Joannes PENN (66), Batavia, Saramacca, Suriname
• Augustinus Van Aerschot (79), Herentals

• 1896 » Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1899 » Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano († 1972)
• 1902 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1902 » George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author († 1984)
• 1906 » Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer († 1955)
• 1907 » Jack Albertson, American actor († 1981)
• 1909 » Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist († 1987)
• 1910 » Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru († 1977)
• 1912 » Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator († 2004)

• 1878 » Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 » Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)
• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)

• 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 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• 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 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.

The temperature on June 16, 1904 was between 12.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.