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• Adrianus Johannes van den Heuvel, Udenhout († 1903)
• Anna Maria Beaujean, Heerlerheide, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)
• Alexander APPELBOOM, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Adronia Galle
• Abel Pentinga, Slochteren († 1959)
• Alfijtha Schinkel, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1986)
• ALICIA LEONIA CONTANCIA VAN REETH, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1979)
• Anna Maria Kivits, Vlijmen († 1920)
• Antonius Petrus Leonardus MAEYER, Nijmegen, 1689, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Adriana Ravestejin, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)

• Adolphine Heilbron Heilbron (82), SchoenhauserAllee, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Anna Maria Schmidt (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Verschuren (23)
• Bernard Sjollema (0), Zutphen, Gelderland, the Netherlands
• Adrianus Verschuren (23)
• Aldegundis Henriette Maria Wertenbroek (72), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Loo (0), Boxtel
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Rulkens (72), Wessem
• Andries Boersma (14), Exloermond gemeente Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Tonnaer (0), Maastricht

• 1897 » Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general († 1982)
• 1897 » Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist († 1987)
• 1898 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot († 1918)
• 1899 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor († 1970)
• 1899 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Ray Morehart, American baseball player († 1989)
• 1900 » Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, First Lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 († 1993)
• 1900 » Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor († 1985)
• 1901 » Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer († 1986)
• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

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.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
• 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 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

The temperature on December 2, 1902 was between -2.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.0 °C.