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• Aagje Molendijk, Rotterdam
• * Hendrik Dresens, Maastricht († 1972)
• Adrianus Johannes Agterberg, Utrecht
• Alice De Bel, Schuiferskapelle († 1909)
• adriana johanna schuif, oegstgeest, zuid-holland, nederland († 1986)
• Allegonda van den Bungelaar, Mill en Sint Hubert
• Anna Ram, gemeente Opsterland († 1992)
• Adrianus Johannes van Daalhuizen, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Amie Beatrice LEONARD, Virginia († 1994)
• Aalbert van Deelen, Renswoude († 1985)

• Adriaan Blankert (81), Zaandam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Persoon (21), Maastricht
• Adriaantje Riedé (51), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Saarloos (28), haarlem (noord holland)
• Antje Melchert (80), Ooststellingwerf
• Antje Swijgman (41), Beerta gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Aaltje Alberta Meijer- (1), Deventer, Nederland
• Ale Lieuwes Bouma (0), Holwerd
• Anna Maria Welten (69), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Johan Veldhuis (0), Raalte

• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)

• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)

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 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on October 2, 1903 was between 12.3 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%).