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• Alberdina Eenink, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Anthonius Johannes van Tol, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Viveen, Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1994)
• Adriaan van Koeveringe († 1975)
• Aleida Johanna Weijers († 1999)
• Adrianus Antonius van den Beemt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Vergouwen, Roosendaal en Nispen (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1983)
• Alfred Eliot Sivertsen, Andenes, Andoy, Nordland, Norway († 1905)
• Aagtje Jans, groningen († 1962)
• Adriana Maria van Eijndhoven, Sint-Michielsgestel

• Albertus Vlaanderen (0), Scherpenzeel
• Anna Catharina Josephina Smeets (80), Nieuwenhagen
• Antonie Roks (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Arnoldus Jansen * (74), Loosduinen
• Adrianus Hasman, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandre Godefroid Désiré DEFALQUE (71), Court-Saint-Étienne, 1490, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Aaltien Mannes (77), Haren
• Albert Bakker (38), Groningen
• Anna Catharina Josepha Smeets (80), Nieuwenhagen
• Antonia Maria van Uden (0), Tilburg

• 1896 » Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter († 1983)
• 1897 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1933)
• 1900 » Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1900 » Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss († 1970)
• 1901 » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1966)
• 1903 » Jane Arbor, English author († 1994)
• 1906 » Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services († 2003)
• 1909 » Józef Noji, Polish runner († 1943)
• 1910 » Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director († 1994)

• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)

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 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• 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.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on September 8, 1904 was between 6.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.