About the day » Thursday June 16, 1904Calender converter

• Albert Alma, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1904)
• Aaltje Visser, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Aimée Berthe CHARDOME, Saint-Hubert, 84059, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Anna Maria Bakhuizen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adrianus Cornelis Akerboom, Bergen, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Baltus, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Jacobus Hamers, Tilburg († 1904)
• Ouwerling, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Alice Reddyhoff, Pungant, India
• Aletta Boersma, Zeist, Nederland

• Anna Maria Adams (0), Hoogstraten (België)
• Bate Hijlkes Hijlkema (0), no. 483, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Joseph CASTELIN (0), Wakken
• Andries Elzinga (68), Surhuisterveen
• Többe (0), Fehndorf, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adrianus Johannes van Rijn (81), Delft
• Antje Maaike Bongers (17), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Aagtje Halsema (73), Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Rijn (81), Delft
• Antje Heemskerk (39), Roelofarendsveen

• 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)

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.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• 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.