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• Adrianus Bakkers, Hoogeloon Hapert en Casteren
• Aaltje Stevens(Martens), Odoorn († 1942)
• Adriana Jonker, Warmenhuizen († 1979)
• Alice Irene STRAIN, Santos, Brazil († 1996)
• Adriana Jonker, Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Aagje Alijda Gimpel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wisse, Aagtekerke, Walcheren, NL († 2000)
• BENTING, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1901)
• Alida Nicolaa ten Berge, Leens, gemeente De Marne, provincie Groningen, Nederland
• Adolphus Blondeel, Ruiselede († 1906)

• Cornelia Teuntje Oskam (9), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Jozefina Roemgens (23), Heerlen, Nederland
• Anna Barbara VRANCKX (63), Noorderwijk, 2200, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Anthonia Christina Margaretha Koeleman (0), Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Johanna van der Graaf (24), Rotterdam
• Arend (Arent) Duis (59), Didam
• Berendina van der Haar (74), Hoogenweg
• Cornelis Johan Meerbeek (0), Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Johanna van der Graaf (24), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Jane WATT (8), Wendon, Pyramid, Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand

• 1895 » Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina († 1974)
• 1895 » Zog I of Albania († 1961)
• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• 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.
• 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 8, 1901 was between 5.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (26%).