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• Anna Jacoba Combee, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aagje Snijders, Zuid Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Graaf, 's-Gravenhage
• Albertus Cornelis Adams, Beneden Leeuwen († 1980)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Draasel, Breda († 1904)
• Annetje Adriana Langendoen, Oostvoorne († 1988)
• Alicia Maria Carreweyn, Zwevezele
• Alfons Emiel Serneels, Schriek, Antwerpen, België († 1948)
• Aagtje DE ROOIJ, Zaandam
• Adrianus Joannes Cornelius Tuerlings, Tilburg († 1906)

• Albert Jans (17), Wapenveld, Nederland
• Cornelis AANTJES (67)
• Delia Everson (72), Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Charlie Mitchel Hopper (0), Enon, Carroll, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Helena van Schaijk (1897), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Berdina Born (1), Den Haag
• Daniel van Loo (89), Middelburg
• Anna Cornelia van Poppel (19), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Zeilemaker (72), Medemblik (Twisk) (Noord Holland)
• Anna Monica Candries (85), Blaasveld

• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)
• 1900 » Bill Stone, English soldier († 2009)
• 1901 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1903 » Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1904 » Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator († 1966)
• 1906 » Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom († 1995)
• 1907 » Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza († 1976)
• 1907 » Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1958)
• 1908 » Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician († 1974)

• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)

• 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 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• 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.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• 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.

The temperature on September 23, 1904 was between 4.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.