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• Anton Jonkers, Pontianak, Nederlands Indië († 1954)
• Adriannus Bakker, Zwijndrecht
• Anthonie Burggraaf, Woerden († 1981)
• Annetta Louisa Vogelij, Bolsward
• Adriaan van Poelgeest, 's-Gravenhage den Haag Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1901)
• Anna Catharina Pijpers, Gilze († 1996)
• Anna Maria Kriesels, Etten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Antonie Willem Snoek, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adrianus Hesterman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Antonie Bas, Egmond aan Zee († 1986)

• Anna Maria Hubertina Delahaye (0), Heerlen, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Verheul (78), Papendrecht
• Adriaantje in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt) (51), Puttershoek, Nederland
• Arij van der Windt
• Antje van der Sar (78), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Kooger (37), Oost (Texel)
• Anna IJken (74), Gieten,Drenthe,Niederlande,Bonnerveen
• Anna Francis Campbell (21), Preston, Franklin County, Idaho, United States of America
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• Albert Hidma (34), Loenen

• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)
• 1895 » Blossom Rock, American actress († 1978)
• 1897 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer († 1966)
• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)

• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

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. Hendrikus
15. Arie
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 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• 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 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

The temperature on August 21, 1901 was between 12.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%).