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Day of death January 21, 1904

• The temperature on January 21, 1904 was between -3.8 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • 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 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  • June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
  • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)