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• Alida van Doorn, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1952)
• Aart Nelis le Clercq, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hemstede, Beerze († 1901)
• Abelina Kloosterman, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriana Huberdina Meijer, Beverwijk († 1901)
• Adrianus Petrus Daniels, Oudenbosch († 1918)
• Aafke Luitzens Boonstra, Marum, Gr., NL († 1992)
• Anna Cornelia HOOIJKAAS, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Maagdenberg, Schiedam,-
• "Agnes" Eleonore Anna Luise Elisabeth von Baudissin-Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Rantzau, Allemagne († 1987)

• Adriaan Wijngaard van de, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Sas (79), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (78), Jackson, Dallas, Missouri
• Antje Pieters Kleijne (66), Assendelft, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wakkee (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Kok (74), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Philomena de Kort (51), Baarle-Nassau
• aagje van der SPIJK (88), maasdam
• Leendert Jan Cornelis van der Vlist (38), Benschop
• Anne Pieters van der Kooy (1), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1893 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1971)
• 1893 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1983)
• 1895 » Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer († 1973)
• 1895 » Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist († 1972)
• 1896 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)

• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (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.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

The temperature on April 20, 1901 was between 3.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (78%).