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• Aartjen Dicou, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Kruis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angèle VANGEERSDAEL, Pecq, 57062, Hainaut, Belgique († 1980)
• Agatha Elisabeth Meijer, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Alexander Runde, Emmeln († 1979)
• Aaltje Davenschot, Hengelo († 1910)
• Anna Jans Wagenaar, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Alida Ensel, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Adrianus Beukema, Monster
• Alphonse Saenen, Kaggevinne

• Adriana Johanna Rademaker (38), Weltevreden, N.I
• Catharine Johanna Becker (31), Padang
• Berend Jans Wieten (72), Heeg, gem. Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Lijbers (35), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Carolina Wilhelmina VAN LIMBURG STIRUM (0), Mata Tandjoeng West Nusa Indonesia
• Caroline Amalia van Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (75)
• Baukje Eeltjes Hiemstra (72), Beers
• Carolina Josina du Chatenier (58), Westerdiep gem. Veendam
• Caroline Amalie von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (75), Cairo, Egypt
• Arnoldus van den Urk (72), Deil

• 1896 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 1974)
• 1897 » William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada († 1989)
• 1898 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel († 1978)
• 1898 » Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist († 1987)
• 1902 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1903 » Bing Crosby, American singer and actor († 1977)
• 1905 » Edmund Black, American hammer thrower († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach († 1986)
• 1905 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic († 1988)

• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)

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.
• March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• 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.
• October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
• November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

The temperature on May 3, 1901 was between 6.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (87%).