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• Aaltje de Weger († 1985)
• Aaldrik Haaijer, Zuidlaarderveen, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Hobbelink, Enschede, Ledeboerstraat,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert A. Azukas, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Wolf, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1905)
• AGNES FRIEDA SCHLEGEL, RUDOLSTADT,DU († 1980)
• Anna M. Hoofs († 1989)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Nijs, Rotterdam († 1905)
• Anna Geertruij Hoogeboom, Rotterdam
• Aart de Joode, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Koppert (0), 's Gravenzande
• Albertus Cornelius Pesant (84), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Verheul (82), Zegwaart, Nederland
• Meesters (42), Halsteren
• Arie Verheul (82), Zegwaart
• Antonia* Maria Schürink (59), Epe, St. Wilhelms-Hospital
• Antonius Gerardus Walther (29), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Christina Elisabeth van Baerle (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Klein Woud (71), rijssen
• Alijda Hannessen (61), Harderwijk

• 1897 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1899 » Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard († 2001)
• 1904 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic († 1987)
• 1905 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright († 1942)
• 1906 » Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter († 1997)
• 1906 » Carol Reed, English director and producer († 1976)
• 1910 » Paul Bowles, American composer and author († 1999)
• 1911 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress († 1998)
• 1913 » Elyne Mitchell, Australian author († 2002)
• 1913 » Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer († 1996)

• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
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.
• January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
• February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• 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.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

The temperature on December 30, 1903 was between -8.4 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (78%).