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• Abraham Cornelis Koppenaal, Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Alberta Kaper, Putten Gld
• Alida Adriana Teeuwen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Tol, Hazerswoude († 1975)
• Adrianus Meinen, Hilversum
• Adriana Johanna Korpershoek, Vlaardingen
• Alida Petronella Groen, Heerhugowaard († 1988)
• Adriaan Casper Johan Stuyver, Oelée Leuhe
• Amelia Maria Adriaansens (Adriaens(z)), Boschkapelle
• Albert A Nelson († 1964)

• Bastiaan Klaasse (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine│Katy BraTt (81), Verenigde Statn
• Agnes Marie Seldis (51), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Archibald Marion Jennings (54), Greene, Tennessee, United States
• Angelina Smets (72), Runkelen, België
• Dirk Bastiaan van der Made (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Geertruida Engelen (0), Enschede, OV (NLD)
• Charles Reese (74), Benson, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van der Velden (0), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Rang (77), amsterdam

• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1901 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor († 1972)
• 1902 » Bea Miles, Australian author († 1973)
• 1903 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1966)
• 1903 » Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer († 1984)
• 1903 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1905 » Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe († 1959)
• 1906 » Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist († 2010)
• 1906 » J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka († 1996)
• 1907 » Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States († 1995)

• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 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.
• 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 September 17, 1904 was between 5.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.