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• Adriaan Slagboom, Sliedrecht
• Agnes VandePanne, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1970)
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Graaf, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Wilhelmina Draasel, Breda († 1904)
• Alphonse Arthur Alexandre Georges DHEULIN, Leval-Trahegnies,, Hainaut, Belgique († 1945)
• Aagje Snijders, Zuid Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Adrianus Joannes Cornelius Tuerlings, Tilburg († 1906)
• Adam Rijkenberg
• Adrianus Theodorus Kooij, Weesperkarspel
• Adrianus Norbertus Cornelis Tuerlings, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1905)

• Clasiena Sint Nicolaas (12)
• Antonia Meijerink (71), Hatert, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Daniel KLOOSTERHUIS (0), Winschoten Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Roes (38), Maastricht
• Antonius Jozef Elshof (0), Olst
• Cornelia Helena van Schaijk (1897), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jans (17), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)
• Anna Maria Verbeek (0), Goirle
• Catharina Johanna Vrijvogel (2), Den Helder
• Daniel van LOO (89), Middelburg,WA

• 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)

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 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• 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.

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.