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• Alida Jansina Pieternella van Ballegooijen, Poederoijen († 1984)
• Adrianus Josephus Leijtens, Besoijen (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1970)
• Alvo van Alvensleben, Tegernsee, Oberbayern, Beieren († 1985)
• Alton G. Womack († 1990)
• Andries de Bruin, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Andries Johannes DRESCHER, Amsterdam
• Aagje Engeltje Klein, Zuid Beijerland
• Adrianus Jacobus Maria Janmaat, Hilversum († 1922)
• Alphonsius Cornelis de Vilder, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Allegonde Margaretha Maria Nijsen, Sloten (N-H), Nederland († 1998)

• Bertha Carolina Hanau (52), Amsterdam
• Berendina Sanders (40), Oele
• Andries Borger (35)
• Antoine Lescure (49), Clamoux, Cantal, Frankrijk
• Catharina van de Griend (27), Hedikhuizen
• Anna Maria Claas Claes (43), Venray, Li.NL
• Buikema (0), Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje van Essen (0), Jutphaas, Utrecht, NL
• Adrianus Bernardus Snijders (0), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Sanders (40), Hengelo-Oele

• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)
• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• 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.
• 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 August 15, 1904 was between 13.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.