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• Anthonie Hendrikus van den Ham, Culemborg († 1983)
• Abraham Owen MONSON, Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Adrianus Koch, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Anna Margaretha Junckes, Longuich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Albertus Hendrikus Antonius Oldenhof, Zwolle
• Andries Jonkers *, Steenwijkerwold
• Anna Maria Dymphna Dekkers, Dusseldorf, Duitsland
• Adolf Siegfried (Boet Dolf) Stoffberg b4c9d4e4 († 1978)
• Albert Willem Schepers, Wilderen, België († 1978)
• Aafke Doesburg, Onderdendam, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland

• Antonie Johannes Marie Donkers (29)
• Anna Moes (72), Arnhem 571
• Carolus ludovicus Verborgt (63), Herentals
• Aleida Hendrika ten Cate (0), Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Harmijntje Franke (68), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Aukje Sytzes Hiemstra (71), Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Moes (72), Arnhem
• Bernardus Franciscus SMITHUIS (71), Tubbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aukje Hiemstra (71), Feanwalden, Dantumadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Opdendrees (79), Leiden

• 1898 » Daniel Cosío Villegas, Mexican historian, economist († 1976)
• 1899 » Gustav Heinemann, German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany († 1976)
• 1900 » Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer († 1957)
• 1900 » John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant († 2010)
• 1900 » Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist († 1993)
• 1901 » Hank Worden, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico († 1974)
• 1905 » Leopold Engleitner, Austrian author and educator († 2013)
• 1906 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1906 » Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)

• 1878 » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
• 1924 » Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (b. 1864)

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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• 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".
• 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.
• 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 23, 1904 was between 10.4 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.