About the day » Thursday July 7, 1904Calender converter

• Adriaan Poot, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Catharina Op de Beeck, Herenthout, België († 1968)
• Andrew Clay Irick, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Adrianus Albertus van den Engel, IJsselstein
• Albertus Meijer, (NH) Amsterdam († 1976)
• * Maartje van Rees, Sliedrecht († 1959)
• Henderika De Groote, Emmen
• Alphonsus Jacobus de Coninck, Axel († 1914)
• Alida Catharina Meeder, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Aart Arie Luijendijk, Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1905)

• Berentjen Bulten (46), Zelhem
• Alida de Bonte (1), Haarlem
• Adrianis Hijstek (75), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Dik (44), Kloosterveen, Smilde
• Antonius Amandus Hanssens (66), Meulebeke (B)
• Césarine Désirée Josèphe QUILLIOT (82), Camblain-Châtelain, 62197, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Albertje van der Meer (22), Paasloo
• Christina Laughlin (1), St. Machar Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Cornelia Maria van Schie (2), Naaldwijk
• Catharina Elisabeth Bindels (83), Bocholtz, LI, Netherlands

• 1901 » Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer († 1970)
• 1901 » Sam Katzman, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1901 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director († 1974)
• 1902 » Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1904 » Simone Beck, French chef and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician († 1972)
• 1906 » Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer († 1985)
• 1906 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1906 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic († 1970)
• 1907 » Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 1988)

• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)

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 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on July 7, 1904 was between 9.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.