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• Adriana van de Water, Amsterdam
• * Grietje van der Vorm, IJsselmonde († 1986)
• Alice Elizabeth {Ludlow} Stackhouse, Auburn, Geauga, Ohio, United States of America († 2000)
• Anna Jacoba Alida van der Hoorn, Roelofarendsveen († 1984)
• Adriana Jacoba Maria Marijnissen, Tilburg († 1944)
• Adriana Vos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Willlemina Stroeve, Enschede
• Anna Elizabeth Terpstra, Goodland (Newton County) (Indiana) († 1987)
• Alma R. Weintraut, Shelby County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• * Theodorus Marinus Coolen, Asten († 1966)

• Anna Gezina Antonette Bulder- (1), Winschoten, Nederland
• Anna Sophia van Beek (56), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Schepers (52), Antwerpen
• Harm Moorlag (0), Groningen
• Aaltje Kroeze (68), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Bakermans (0), Stratum
• Aalbert Rietveld (0), lopik (utrecht)
• Aaltje Wichers Vinke (79), Zwartsluis
• Adrianus Fredericus van der Valk (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bomert (22), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Alteveer)

• 1900 » Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom († 2002)
• 1901 » Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer († 1972)
• 1901 » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer († 1971)
• 1902 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1904 » Helen Kane, American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1904 » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager († 1973)
• 1904 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright († 1969)
• 1905 » Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar († 1972)
• 1906 » Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer († 1973)
• 1908 » Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor († 1994)

• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)

• 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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• 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 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on August 4, 1904 was between 16.0 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.