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• Adriana Beukel, van den, Monster († 1995)
• Alexander Frank, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Querido, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Abraham Riemens, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert Wilbers († 1964)
• Adriana Michielsen, Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert J. Mignolet, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1983)
• Addie May CARROLL († 1943)
• Albertus van Onselen, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Albert Ploeger, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)

• Anna Mudde (0), Lekkerkerk
• Anna Wilhelmina Christina de Lange (88), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Albertje Battjes, Siddeburen gem. Slochteren
• (76), Middelburg
• Aartje Wijnands (65), Gouda, Gemeente Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Roterman (78), ridderkerk (zuid holland)
• Antonia de Bont (75), Raamsdonk, Gemeente Geertruidenberg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonetta Van de Pol (90), Vught, Nederland
• Alberdina Koerts (0), Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Loorbach (32), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)
• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)

• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)

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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

The temperature on May 6, 1901 was between 4.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%).