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• Adriana Balkenende, Zaamslag († 1967)
• Abraham Visjager, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alewijn van Rigteren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana Leonarda van Egeraat, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Abraham Visjager, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Lans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Adrianus Franciscus Carolus van der Torre, Rotterdam († 1973)
• Adriana Maria Paulina van Berkel, Tilburg, Nederland
• Aleida Gerdina Stuivenberg, Maartensdijk
• Adriana Leonarda maria van Egeraat, Bergen op Zoom († 1958)

• Bastiaantje Hoogenboezem (0), Lekkerkerk
• Anthonie Clarus Johannes van Eelde (73), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anthonij Valentia Flanegin (54), Aruba
• Amplonia TANIS Kdr (92)
• Anna Maria Seelen (61), Rotterdam
• Bastiaantje HOOGENBOEZEM (0), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Antonius van der Klaauw (0), Leiden
• Adriaan de Nooijer (0), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Deckers (62), Leiden
• Arien Bijkerk (54), IJsselham

• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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.
• January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

The temperature on August 15, 1902 was between 5.8 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (84%).