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• Ale Brouwer, Franekeradeel
• Annetje (Annie) Terweij, Aarlanderveen Wijk 5, nr. 20 († 1983)
• Antonius Johannes Dietvorst, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Rodoe, Vlissingen
• Anne Marie Madeleine Emilie Cornélie Ghislaine van NYEN, Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique († 2001)
• Anna Maria Lutters, Horn, Leudal, Limburg, Nederland († 1913)
• André Maximiliaan Rapp, Semarang, Ned. Indië († 1962)
• Adrianus Schoofs, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Antonie van Dijk, Zeist
• Albertus Hendrikus Arnoldus Driessen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1972)

• Cornelis Jan Justinus Verton (74), dreischor
• Adrianus Petrus van ELSWIJK (75), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt van Bruggen (56), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Boukes van der Veen (70), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Annigje Eijkelenstam (80), Hekendorp(U)
• Ann Hall (66), reg'd in Cargo, NSW, AU
• Antje Baukes van der Veen (70), Leeuwarden
• Anna Appel (1), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia de Beré (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Oudshoorn (0), Rijnsburg

• 1895 » B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist († 1970)
• 1895 » Les Darcy, Australian boxer († 1917)
• 1896 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1897 » Constance Savery, English author († 1999)
• 1900 » Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor († 1976)
• 1902 » Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist († 1950)
• 1902 » Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet († 1987)
• 1902 » Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist († 1958)
• 1907 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer († 1973)
• 1908 » Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist († 2009)

• 1879 » Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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 » 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.
• January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The temperature on October 31, 1901 was between 1.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (88%).