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• Alouisius Cornelius Petrus Maria Paijmans, Tilburg († 1965)
• Aafje Engels Sloot, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Albertus Johannes Leeuwis, Renkum (Gelderland) († 1984)
• Aleida Maria van Os, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• , DORDRECHT, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria van Os, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Adrianus Cornelis van de Walle, Breda
• Aafje Sloot, Egmond aan Zee († 1989)
• Albert Spykerman († 1979)
• Aalten, Maarn († 1901)

• Jan Santing (2), De Krim
• Constance Harriet Mahonese Chetwynd-Talbot (65), Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
• van Dalen (0), Schut, gem. Hoogeveen
• Antje Hoogendoorn (59), Hazerswoude
• Aart Henri Christiaan van Leeuwen (65), Oengaran (Semarang)
• Anna Catharina Hennen (93), Oirsbeek
• Anna Maria van Dijck (2), Maasbree
• Adriana de Keijzer (0), Dordrecht
• Constance Harriet Mahonesa CHETWYND-TALBOT (KERR) (65), Blickling Hall, Norfolk
• David Rosenberger (Roth) Ruth (76)

• 1898 » Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer († 1989)
• 1900 » Helen Hayes, American actress († 1993)
• 1901 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1902 » K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist († 1997)
• 1903 » Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic († 2009)
• 1903 » Prince Charles, Count of Flanders († 1983)
• 1903 » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter († 1969)
• 1905 » Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer(† 2005)
• 1906 » Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter († 1951)
• 1906 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator († 1985)

• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
• 1914 » Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
• 1918 » Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)
• 1927 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)

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. Hendrikus
15. Arie
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.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
• November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

The temperature on October 10, 1901 was between 3.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (43%).