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• Albert Zeeryp, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Alberdina Elisabeth Fockens, Nijehaske (gem. De Friese Meren)
• Albert van Tongeren, Wichert, Kankakee, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Antonius Marinus Maria van ELK, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1903)
• Antonius van Lankveld, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Albertine Van der Meer, Wagenborgen, Termunten,, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Andreas Johannes Kemper, den Haag († 1902)
• Adriaan Michiel Herklots, Buitenzorg († 1983)
• Alida Bakker, Ransdorp
• Adelaide, Philomene Stevens, Lebbeke

• Baukje Jans KLIJNSTRA (71), Jubbega Schurega
• Adriana Hazenbergh (74), Vught
• Antonius Petrus Franciscus Jagers (46), Grave, Nederland
• andries sandbergen (2), amsterdam
• Arend Judinus Verhagen (63), Delft
• Antje Eelkes Boonstra (76), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Berendina Gertsen (1), Renkum
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• Adrianus Engelman (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Franciscus Jagers (46), Grave

• 1898 » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist († 1995)
• 1898 » Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1898 » John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria († 1977)
• 1898 » Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director († 1964)
• 1900 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress († 1974)
• 1901 » Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1904 » Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist († 2007)
• 1905 » Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author († 2001)
• 1907 » John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician († 1989)

• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)

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.
• 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 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
• 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.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on December 6, 1902 was between -11.9 °C and -6.4 °C and averaged -9.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (78%).