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• Anna Willemsen, Materborn (Duitsland) († 1953)
• "Georgette" Alphonsine Salmon, Bruxelles († 2001)
• Adriana Huberta van Haperen, Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Maria Mommersteeg, Nieuwkuijk († 1997)
• Andries Heimans, 's-Gravenhage
• Andries Schieving, Leggeloo, Dwingelo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus van Beest, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Antonia van der Stam, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Daniëls, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonsus Franciscus Daems, Geel Liessel, 2440, België († 1995)

• Anna Grietje de Vries (0), Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Aldegonda van Poppel (0), Tilburg (18 dg)
• Albertus Unk (79), Zilven, Loenen, Apeldoorn
• Adolf Johannes SCHAAP (1), Niekerk (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands
• Andries Adrianus Bongers (0), Numansdorp
• Anna Hendrika Maria Wagener (0), Aalten
• Alida Maria Kreike (75), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Albert Wilms (72), Purmerland, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Want (29), Rotterdam
• Priem (0)

• 1900 » Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy († 1999)
• 1902 » Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist († 2003)
• 1902 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician († 1973)
• 1903 » Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger († 1990)
• 1904 » Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1997)
• 1908 » Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach († 1993)
• 1908 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter († 2004)
• 1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)

• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)

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 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.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on August 22, 1904 was between 7.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.