About the day » Sunday July 31, 1904Calender converter

• Adriaan MAAT, Willemstad
• Adriana Rip, Kethel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Albert Smit, Hoogeveen Nederland († 1907)
• Almtje Spieker, Zuidbroek († 1986)
• Alba América de Vasconcelos Chaves, Benevides, Pará, Brasil
• "Albert"us Spitaels, Belsele,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1991)
• Albertus Hendricus Adam, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Afra Maria Beerepoot, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Albertus Hendrik Langkamp († 1926)
• Albert Huijsman, Middelburg, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

• Adèle Girard de Vasson (70), château de la Gastevine, Belâbre, Indre, France
• Adèle SPIROUX (50), Marche-les-Dames,5024,Namur,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Albertus de Kleine (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Van Dyck Adrianus (79), Oostmalle, Antwerpen, België
• Bartus Heukels (27), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Bonifacius Bakker (0), Noordwijkerhout
• Antje Leendertz (64), Blankenburg
• Anna Elisabeth van den Engh (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Grada Jacoba Beekman (14), Doesburg
• Baukje van Weelij (0), Zwollerkerspel, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1894 » Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer († 1972)
• 1901 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor († 1985)
• 1902 » Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier († 1989)
• 1904 » Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author († 1977)
• 1909 » Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author († 1999)
• 1911 » George Liberace, American violinist († 1983)
• 1912 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer († 2008)
• 1912 » Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist († 2003)
• 1912 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1913 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)

• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)

• 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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

The temperature on July 31, 1904 was between 15.7 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.