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• Adriana Stolk, Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Anna Barbara Poeschkens, Ubach over Worms, Duitsland († 1991)
• Ana Alida Sleeswijk, Utrecht
• Anna Elisabeth Gordeau, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Albert Marie Van Liefferinge, Geraardsbergen,9500,Oost-Vlaanderen,België († 1982)
• Adrianus Antonius Verhoeven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kikkert, Hollandscheveld
• Alphonsus Maximus Cornelis Verhoeven, Baarle-Nassau († 1981)
• Adrianus Franciscus Lucassen, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Akke Sijtzes Bottema, Boornbergum, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• Abraham Huijsmans (0), Den Bommel
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (0), Schijndel
• Aagje Bakkum (63), Egmond aan den Hoef
• AUGUSTINUS GOOSSENS (41), Merelbeke
• Adriana Johanna Staal (1), Haarzuilens
• Andreas van Lith (77), Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas van Lith (77), Kerkdriel, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelisse de Baar (69), Ovezande
• Adrianus Antonius Maria Jocker (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van HEES (77), Oudenbosch (N.Br. Nl)

• 1898 » Frances Mary Albrier, American civil rights activist († 1987)
• 1899 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army († 1986)
• 1902 » Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books († 1970)
• 1902 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player († 1937)
• 1902 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic († 1963)
• 1903 » Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan († 1956)
• 1904 » Hans Hartung, German-French painter († 1989)
• 1905 » Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician († 1999)
• 1906 » Henry Beachell, American biologist and botanist († 2006)
• 1909 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana († 1972)

• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
• 1880 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)

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.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

The temperature on September 21, 1904 was between 3.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.