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• Anna Maria Wijngaard, Naarden († 1973)
• Aaltje Bos, Schoterland, 8453, Nederland († 1953)
• Anton Friedrich Ruijters, Duisburg in Duitsland († 1975)
• Albert G Reinders, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1973)
• Anton Froederich Ruijters
• Adriana Theodora van den Berg, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Annetje Lena van ASPEREN, Numansdorp († 1983)
• Anna Maria Margareta Franck, Temse
• Anna Maria Wijngaard, Naarden († 1973)
• Albert Dubbele van Urk, Terschelling († 1908)

• Abraham_Adriaan Marcus (71), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Baltus Burgman (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Brentjes (64), Heerewaarden
• Antonia Frederika Vink (60), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Henrietta Hennige (72), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Christiaan (zn) van Hees (66), Well (GD)
• Arie Dijkhuizen (64), Scheveningen
• Balthazar Burgman (79), Amersfoort
• Abraham Adriaan Marcus (71), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Christiaan Johannes Cornelis (68), Rotterdam

• 1899 » Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg († 1942)
• 1900 » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author († 1999)
• 1902 » Chill Wills, American actor († 1978)
• 1902 » Jessamyn West, American author († 1984)
• 1905 » Robert Elton Brooker, American business executive († 2000)
• 1906 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1963)
• 1906 » S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician († 1992)
• 1908 » Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist († 1997)
• 1908 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer († 1944)
• 1908 » Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist († 1981)

• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)

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.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on July 18, 1904 was between 9.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.