About the day » Friday June 17, 1904Calender converter

• Aart van den Brink, Nunspeet
• Alida Hooijboer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriana Arina Krijgsman
• Aart van Zoeren, Putten
• Anna Johanna Rijpsma, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Albert Johannes van Veldhuizen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1993)
• Matthijs Bruijnes, Woerden († 1949)
• Alberdina Hemmen, Oudedijk, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 1973)
• Alexandra Joanna Maria van der Heyden van Doornenburg, Vorden († 1981)
• Afera Maria Sneekes, Oude-Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anthonij Haverkamp (66), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• anna elisabeth stammen (20), helden-dorp (keup)
• Antoon Jacobus Frauenfelder (0), Den Haag, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van Dijk (1), Zevenhuizen, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonius Wakkermans (83), Warnsveld
• Antonij Haverkamp (66), Warnsveld (Zutphen)
• Arnoldina van Oers (69), Schiedam, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth de Haar (1), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend van Dijk (1), Zevenhuizen Leek Westerkwartier Groningen Nederland
• Baukje van der Ploeg (33), Dantumadeel

• 1900 » Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent († 2000)
• 1900 » Martin Bormann, German politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer († 1982)
• 1902 » Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1903 » Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie († 1977)
• 1904 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian († 1988)
• 1904 » Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Ralph Bellamy, American actor († 1991)
• 1907 » Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1909 » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota († 2004)

• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)

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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• 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.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.

The temperature on June 17, 1904 was between 10.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.