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• * Martinus Petrus Jacobus Scheepers, Stratum
• Aaltje Bos, Ede († 1996)
• Anna van den Dool, Hillergersberg
• Allegonda Reuvers, Willemstad († 1989)
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• Aletta Wilhelmina Durand, 's-Gravenhage
• ADRIANA VAN LOO, Hilversum († 1967)
• Albertje Mulder, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice H. van de Zande, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Ambrose Shaughnessy, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1978)

• Adriaan van Gerven (69), Herpt en Bern
• Anna Barbe Senden (82), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Jacob van den Berg (58), Echteld
• Adrianus Petrus Graumans (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Antje Wierds Douma (60), Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Wierds Douma (60), Oostermeer
• Bernardus Stephanus Verhoeven (0), Tilburg, NB, Nederland
• Berendina Dijken van (1), Valburg
• Anna Barbara Senden (82), Brunssum
• Bertus van der Laan (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1896 » Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager († 1964)
• 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
• 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)
• 1900 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician († 1945)
• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)
• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany († 1983)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

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.
• February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• 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 October 7, 1903 was between 9.6 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%).