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• Albert Luikens, Ter Apel (Vlagtwedde) († 1945)
• Adrianus Anemaat, Made († 1903)
• Adriana Smulders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Aaltje Wijnalda, - († 1980)
• Anna Maria Dimphna Francisca Cools‏, Geel, België († 1996)
• Albert Luikens, Vlagtwedde, Gemeente Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Haverkamp, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriana Petronella Maria Smulders, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Alida Huberta van Beest, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Andries Wouter van Ballegoijen, Varik, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1971)

• Alfons Antonius Alexander van der Valcke (71), Brugge
• Albertus Blom (0), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Venderbos (83), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Robbert Wouters (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aartje Maria Holland (66), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Bloks (Blox) (49), Vught
• Anna Fens (60), Rotterdam
• Aaltje│Alida Jcbs van der Bent (51), Rijnsburg
• Haverkamp (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Waldijk (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1897 » Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general († 1982)
• 1897 » Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist († 1987)
• 1898 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot († 1918)
• 1899 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor († 1970)
• 1899 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Ray Morehart, American baseball player († 1989)
• 1900 » Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, First Lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 († 1993)
• 1900 » Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor († 1985)
• 1901 » Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer († 1986)
• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

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.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• 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 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

The temperature on December 2, 1901 was between 6.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C.