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• Aloysius Johannes Broess, Nistelrode († 1988)
• Aaltje Bakker, Uffelte
• André Perrée, St. Maurice, Parijs, Frankrijk
• Adrianus van de Louw, Loon op Zand
• Adriaan Johannes Vader, Vlissingen
• Adrianus Hubertus Compeer, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adrianus Bakx, Bergen op Zoom
• Aaldert Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Achiel MOERKERKE, Staden, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1975)
• Adrianus Bakx, Bergen op Zoom († 1905)

• Caroline Gijs (93), Meerhout, België
• Cornelis Theodorus Keiser (18), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie de Jager (60), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Andries Onclin (0), leeuwarden
• Alida van Galen (1), Haarzuilens
• Cornelis Westerweele (53), Wolphaartsdijk
• Dammes Schippers (47), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Splets (89), Klerken
• Dammes Schippers (47), Rotterdam
• Nijland (0), Pol., Gelderland, Nederland

• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)
• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)
• 1904 » Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1972)
• 1905 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician († 1952)
• 1906 » Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer († 1981)
• 1906 » Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations († 1990)
• 1909 » Irene Hervey, American actress († 1998)

• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)

• 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.
• 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 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 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".

The temperature on July 11, 1904 was between 7.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.