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• * Elisabeth Maria van Gennip, Boxtel († 1989)
• Albert Wolters, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Alfred Rosenberg, Münster (D) († 1945)
• * Aaltje van de Mheen, Bunschoten († 1982)
• aaltje van der WAAL, rotterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Laglas, Rotterdam († 1903)
• Aart Leendert Klaasz Jonker, Warmenhuizen, Nederland
• Aart Leendert Jonker, Krabbendam
• Adriaan Plenckers, Amsterdam († 1976)
• Adrianus Petrus Antonius Jongbloets, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)

• Antonia Johanna van Bentum (28), Oudewater
• Anna Maria Gudulla Theelen (48), Roggel
• Anna Maria Sloman (56), Sulikow (Schönberg/Ober-Lausitz), Neder-Silezië, Polen
• Anna Henriette Jalink (21), Rotterdam
• Antonius de Wilde (0), Veur, ZH, Nederland
• Adille Camille Crombez (0), Bikschote
• Ariaantje van Triet (79), Rotterdam
• Aatje Jelles Smit (72), Terschelling, Nederland
• anna maria gudula theelen (48), roggel
• (Stillborn) WYBENGA (0), Barradeel Friesland Netherlands

• 1895 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1896 » Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1982)
• 1902 » Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1963)
• 1902 » Saud of Saudi Arabia († 1969)
• 1903 » Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1907 » Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier († 1940)
• 1908 » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 2003)
• 1909 » Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor († 1973)
• 1909 » Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer († 1939)
• 1912 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1996)

• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
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 5.3 million citizens.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
• December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on January 15, 1903 was between -6.9 °C and -1.0 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (84%).