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• Aaltje Kat, Noord, Hoogeveen
• Aleida Hendrika Bergevoet, Dichteren, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Agatha Maria (7523) van Dam, Wilnis,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Wei, Emmer Compascuum († 1969)
• Albert Strijker, Avereest († 1976)
• Adriana Johanna Zwaans, Waspik († 1905)
• Albertus Adrianus Milet de St Aubin, Amsterdam († 1966)
• * Johanna Murders, Tiel († 1930)
• Albertus Petrus Jansen, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertus, Adrianus Milet de St Aubin

• Albert Hendrik Addens (34), Zuidhorn (gem. Westerkwartier)
• Adriana Verveer (1), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina PEETERS (76), Bree,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Arent Huizinga (56)
• Attje Freerks Bokma (59), Langezwaag, 8404, Nederland
• Adrianus de Rapper (56), Gouda
• Angelus Christiaen (75), Bassevelde
• Albert Hindrik Addens (34), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Rotman (71), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Simons (Weesman, Tweeseman) Wezeman (73), Mussel, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland

• 1897 » Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer († 2001)
• 1898 » Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman († 1981)
• 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)
• 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
• 1901 » László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright († 1975)
• 1902 » Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1981)
• 1902 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author († 1972)
• 1904 » Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1905 » George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1905 » Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman († 1990)

• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)

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 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
• March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

The temperature on April 18, 1902 was between 3.5 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%).