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• Roelof Schipper, Amsterdam († 1973)
• Alton Thedford Craven, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Alfred Ernest Boon, Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia († 1964)
• Hendriks, Oosterbeek († 1972)
• ALPHONSUS VAN EYNDE, Merksem
• Andre Maurits Casier, Handzame († 1975)
• Adelaïda Emma Wilhelmina Theresia Bentz van den Berg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• A. M. Julie Rutten, Grivegnée, België († 1991)
• Adrianus Post, Ridderkerk, ZH, Nederland
• Albert T Kruse, Nobles County, Minnesota († 1995)

• Aart Stuij van den Herik (0), Rotterdam
• Lunenborg (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albertine Mary Wingerter (1), Perry County, Missouri
• Alida van de Pol (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Hortentia NUTTEN (70), Zandvoorde,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Adrianus Van Tilborg (47), Kapellen
• van Harten, Lunteren
• Anna Vredeveld (0), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Olijslagers (2), Groningen
• Arie Moelaert (1), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1902 » Mina Rees, American mathematician (d.1997)
• 1902 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria († 1971)
• 1905 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer († 1963)
• 1905 » Myrna Loy, American actress († 1993)
• 1907 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author († 1984)
• 1910 » Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1993)

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)

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".
• January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on August 2, 1904 was between 11.7 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.