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• Adrianus Veen, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• , St Niklaas († 1983)
• Aaltina Gezina Anninga, Dalerveen, Nederland († 1989)
• Aaltje Flier, Oldebroek († 1902)
• Kempenaars († 1987)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Luijk, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Francisca Antonia Maria Hogenbosch, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Holtrust, Hasselt († 1985)
• Adriana van Helden, fijnaart en heijningen (noord brabant) († 1946)
• Adriana Vermeulen, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1919)

• Arie van der PLANK (82), Delft
• Acie Adkison Perry (47)
• Charles Joseph Libert, Limal, 1300, België
• Albert Hendriks Schuring (33), Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Hijken
• Anna Catharina HERMANS (54)
• Annigje Benjamins (41), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld)
• Albertus Oudeman (0), Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert SCHURING (33), Hijken (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Ronden (40), Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland
• Alberdina Meurs (66), Wageningen

• 1896 » Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician († 1980)
• 1897 » Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician († 1996)
• 1897 » Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's († 1972)
• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia († 1995)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1904 » Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist († 1997)
• 1905 » Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher († 1982)

• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 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 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

The average temperature on February 2, 1902 was -1.2 °C.