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• Arend Deuten, Hollandscheveld
• Andreas Adriaan Nieuwkerk, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1967)
• Achiel Leo Lagast, Lichtervelde († 1976)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria LANGENBERG, Dubbeldam
• Aaltje Fekken, Gasselternijveen, Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries van Soeren, Nijkerk
• Vos, Hollandscheveld
• Adrianus Marinus (Arie) van der Pouw Kraan, Woubrugge, ZH, Nederland († 1902)
• Aaltje, Petronella Helsloot, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Alida Maria Catharina Sombroek, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Agnes Hunter Laidlaw (28), Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
• Anthonia van Diepen (0), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Vliet (70), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Anna Maria Rohde (76), Hilversum
• Arie den Dulk (61), den Helder
• Amarentia Bax (0), Veen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Sman (0), Pijnacker
• Aartje Verwoerd (6), Opheusden
• Abraham Kraak (65)
• Andries Jans Pruim (29)

• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
• 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)
• 1900 » Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist († 1976)
• 1902 » Georgette Heyer, English author († 1974)
• 1902 » Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright († 1934)
• 1904 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1908 » Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2000)

• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Arie
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Petronella
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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

The temperature on August 16, 1901 was between 8.2 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%).