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• Anna Catharina Gijsbers, Bladel en Netersel († 1904)
• Adriana Maria Ruiter, Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Angenieta Hovinga
• Andries de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Anna Johanna Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Bouman, Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• """Nora""" Thekla Babo Reichsfreiin von, Calliano + Klosterneuburg († 1937)
• Adrianus Jacobus TEMPELAARS, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Henry Griffiths, Scotsdale, Tasmania († 1974)
• Aaltje Beuving, Elp (Westerbork)

• Antonia Theodora de Grefte (39), Amsterdam
• Arij Touw (66), Zuidland, South Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Edward Rowley (26), Myponga, District Council of Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia
• Benedictus Willems (66), Wieze
• Adriana Kleinendorst (41), spijkenisse
• Carel Dellemar, Ambarawa, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albert Thieke (58), Rhede
• Johannes van Spronsen (74), Monster
• Arie touw (66), Oudenhoorn
• Adriana Cleijpool (76), Gouda

• 1894 » Lloyd Hall, American chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1896 » Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1982)
• 1897 » Elisabeth Hauptmann, German author and playwright († 1973)
• 1899 » Jean Moulin, French soldier and engineer († 1943)
• 1903 » Sam Rabin, English wrestler, sculptor, and singer († 1991)
• 1905 » Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1906 » Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician († 1965)
• 1907 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1908 » Gus Schilling, American actor († 1957)

• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)

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.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

The temperature on June 20, 1901 was between 8.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%).