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• Aart Rikkers, Alblasserdam († 1906)
• Anna van Weeghel, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1995)
• Anna Catharina Maria Keeris, Meerveldhoven († 1952)
• Roelof Kreeft, Hollandscheveld († 1907)
• Aantje Sommer († 1992)
• Alfred North, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. England († 1981)
• Adriana Davidse, Sint Laurens, Zeeland, NL († 1904)
• Anje Steenhuis, Middelstum, Huizinge († 1990)
• Adrianus van Houtum, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• 5 - Froukje Krol, Koudum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1979)

• Anna Geertruij NIJDHOLD (84), Harich, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Detweiler (79)
• Aagje Petronella Margaretha Besse (8), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Fitters (44), Drunen
• Annie Maud Winer (2), Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, United States
• Antonia Wilhelmina Besselsen (69), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Rijnders (47), Nijkerk
• Anna van Klaveren (0), Rijnsburg
• Adolph Asher (64), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Batje Kulik (0), Gouda

• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author († 1981)
• 1906 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1906 » Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician († 1995)
• 1907 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist († 1978)
• 1907 » John Mauchly, American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company († 1980)
• 1907 » Leonor Fini, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and author († 1996)
• 1908 » Fred MacMurray, American actor († 1991)
• 1909 » Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator († 1968)

• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)

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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on August 30, 1904 was between 11.1 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.