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• Achille Arthur JAQUES (Jacques), Torhout († 1965)
• Abraham Roodenburg, amsterdam († 1944)
• Alberdina Laffra, Wijckel, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1951)
• Adélia Holtz, Sarapuí, São Paulo, Brasil († 1905)
• Abe DeBoer, Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Adrianus Neefs, Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Aartje Bomhof, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1959)
• Alphonse Edmond LIEBAERT, Calais, 62100, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France († 2004)
• Alberdina Laffra, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1951)
• Alida - Ada Groeneveld, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1987)

• Adriana van Helden (0), tilburg(noord brabant)
• Charles Henri Arnold (59), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Willem Frederik Helsloot (1), Mijdrecht
• Barteld Danhof (4), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• HOEDE (0), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Catharina Claerbout (80), Ingelmunster West-Vlaanderen
• Adèle Zeline Pijma (32)
• Barbera Veltman (80), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Andries Bijl (13), Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Anton Wong Lun Hing (21), Paramaribo, Suriname

• 1899 » Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins († 1980)
• 1899 » László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen († 1985)
• 1901 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1901 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Diana Vreeland, American journalist († 1989)
• 1903 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (1946-1952) († 1983)
• 1904 » Greer Garson, English-American actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman († 1998)
• 1907 » George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix († 1996)
• 1908 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator († 1967)

• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).
• 1925 » Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)

• 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 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.

The temperature on September 29, 1904 was between 10.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.