About the day » Thursday August 11, 1904Calender converter

• Anna Clasina van Lienen, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Heitbrink, Dalfsen, Nederland († 1904)
• Albertus Teunis Post, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• André Marie Adrien Dawans († 1987)
• N.N. Netten, Loon op Zand († 1904)
• Adriana Jacoba Goudzwaard, Dreischor († 1904)
• anna amelia heldens, amsterdam
• Albertus Teunis Post, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen (D)
• Aaltje de Vos, Amsterdam
• "Maurice" François Marie Ghislain de Biolley, Grune, Nassogne, Belgique († 1943)

• Adriaan Huibertus de Vries (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• (86)
• N.N. Netten (0), Loon op Zand
• Christiaan Everhardus (0), De Krim gem. Gramsbergen
• Barend Hogenbirk (28), Hilversum
• Berend Meines Kouwenhoven (39), Gaasterland-Sloten, Nederland
• Augustinus Klaver (37), Zaandam (NH/NL)
• Constant Jozef van Remoortel (0), Temse
• Antje Ruwerts Kerkstra (70), Munnekezijl, Kollumerland
• Abraham de Vries (0), Sappemeer

• 1900 » Charley Paddock, American sprinter († 1943)
• 1900 » Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar († 1994)
• 1902 » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist († 1986)
• 1902 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor († 1985)
• 1905 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat († 1998)
• 1905 » Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic († 2002)
• 1907 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer († 1989)
• 1908 » Don Freeman, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1908 » Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher († 1999)
• 1909 » Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer († 1989)

• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)

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 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on August 11, 1904 was between 6.2 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.