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• Anna Maria van Berkel, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Lüdeke († 1977)
• Abraham den Haan, Leiden († 1903)
• Aaltje BOER, Veenoord Drenthe Netherlands († 1993)
• Adronia Maria MYNGHEER, Hooglede,8830,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Anna Cornelia Kieboom, Tilburg († 1985)
• Antonia Bernardena Driessen, Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Elzinga, Boornbergum, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Markenstein, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana VERBEEK, Delft († 1985)

• Anna Maria Francisca Deckx (23), Turnhout (B.)
• Amelie Prudente BURIER (79), Pont-sur-Sambre,59138, Frankrijk
• Arie Hendricus Snaterse (0), 's Gravenhage
• Amalie Caroline Henriette Rötger (52), Lüdenhausen, Kalletal, Lippe, Westfalen
• Aaltje Hindriks Koopman (81), Groningen
• Anna Theresia Vandaele (79), Beerst
• Arie Prins (71), sliedrecht (zuid holland)
• Andries Johannis van der Meijden (65), Boxtel
• Antonetta van Drongelen (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Boetes (60), Augustinusga

• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)
• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
• 1909 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author († 2009)

• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

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 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
• 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 2, 1903 was between 1.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C.