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• A.M. Lamster, Salatiga († 1992)
• Alexander von Russland († 1918)
• ?? Bambacht, (GL) Haaften († 1904)
• Alexander Romanov, Sint Petersburg, Rusland († 1918)
• Alexis de Russie, Petrodvorets (Peterhof),, Russie († 1918)
• Adam Aren Jelier, Stellendam, NL († 1960)
• Alexis (Aleksej) Nikolajevitsj van Rusland († 1918)
• Alexei Nicholaevich Romanov, Saint Petersburg, Russia († 1918)
• Aleida Maria Mattijssen, Gendt
• Uil, Nieuwolda († 1904)

• Aaltje GROOT (89), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Martina Cornelia Bronswijk (0), Monster, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Elisabeth Geurts (20), Nijmegen
• Uil (0), Nieuwolda
• Aart Russchenberg (0), Kamperveen, Nederland
• Anna Clara Timmermans (57), Loon op Zand
• Bernardus Holtrop (69), Ijlst, Friesland, Nederland
• auktje bruinsma (63), Zevenhuizen (Leek)
• Alphonsus Jacobus van Boxtel (23), Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsius Ludovicus DOMS (0), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1902 » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia († 1980)
• 1904 » Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia († 1918)
• 1904 » Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer († 1997)
• 1904 » Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter († 2009)
• 1906 » Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach († 1985)
• 1906 » Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore († 1981)
• 1907 » Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer († 1975)
• 1907 » Gladys Bentley, American blues singer († 1960)
• 1907 » Joe Besser, American actor († 1988)

• 1891 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)

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 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The temperature on August 12, 1904 was between 8.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.