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• Agnes Aretz, Kerkrade
• Agnes Schoenmakers, Maasniel
• Albert Rankin Johnson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Alphonsius Boeykens, Bornem
• Anna Elisabeth Borghoff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Hubertus Leeflang, Gouda († 1924)
• * Arie Antonius van Zuidam, 's Gravenhage
• Aartje VAN DE HAAR, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Aagtje van Donselaar, amsterdam, Nederland († 1993)
• Alida van Oordt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)

• Aafje Stoelhorst (4), Zandvoort
• Aart van Leeuwen (65), Amerongen
• Aart van Buitenen (63), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Timmermans (71), Hert en Bern
• Adrianus Nijhoff (65), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Alida Bakker (0), Groningen
• Adriana Snepvangers (78), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• 'François' Félix Marie Joseph de WALQUE (1), Spa, 63072, Liège, Belgique
• Albertus Vermeulen (6), Renswoude
• Aart van Berk (0), Overschie, Nederland

• 1897 » Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic († 1994)
• 1898 » Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic († 1993)
• 1898 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1898 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter († 1980)
• 1903 » Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer († 1992)
• 1905 » Henry Fonda, American actor († 1982)
• 1906 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator († 1988)
• 1906 » Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Margret Rey, German author and illustrator († 1996)

• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)

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.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

The temperature on May 16, 1902 was between 6.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%).