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• Aarnoud Rebel, Eemnes († 1970)
• Adolf Gerrit-Jans Felix, IJsselmuiden
• Adriana Hoefnagel, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Christina M GÅ ??????ChrissieGÅ ??????à????????????? ELDRIDGE, Battle, Sussex, England († 1976)
• Adrianus Dieudonné Paris, Maastricht († 1945)
• Akke Wagenaar, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1987)
• Albert Doosjen, Meppel
• Adriaantje Juinen, Hedel
• Adrianus SPRONG, Leerdam († 1984)
• Aleksandr Georgiievich YOURIEVSKY, Nice Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France († 1988)

• Aaltjen Hilbrink (78), Hengelo
• Anna Berhardina van VERSCHUER (60), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Femmigje Koster (41), Nieuweroord
• Anna Emma Nathalie Nijpels (68), Maastricht
• Amanda Elizabeth Crane (44), Hazleton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States
• Aldegondis Vanswijgenhoven (70), Gelinden, België
• Akke Bootsma (48), Ooststellingwerf
• Anna Maria Lenaerts (61), Gulpen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Adam Tooren van (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke POSTMA (82), Oudkerk

• 1898 » Irene Dunne, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1898 » Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1899 » Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician († 1981)
• 1900 » Lissy Arna, German film actress († 1964)
• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)
• 1905 » Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1992)

• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

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.
• February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

The temperature on December 20, 1901 was between -0.5 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 0.5 °C.