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• Alta Mae Beam, Otero County, New Mexico († 1926)
• Adrianus Joseph Buckers, Kethel en Spaland
• "Hildegard" Marie Ludovika Mathilde Anna von Hanau, Söcking, Starnberg, Allemagne († 1990)
• Andries Abraham van Leeuwen, Rotterdam
• Allegonda Nikkelen, Hatert († 1993)
• Verdouw, 's-Gravenhage († 1903)
• Adrianus Slaats, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Alida Mechelina van Dullemen, Dodewaard
• Abraham Waterman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1944)
• Amalia Ruch, Schwegenheim, Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1982)

• Adriana Dekker (83), Papendrecht
• Anna Catharina van Loo (52), Soerabaja
• Antonie Johannes Arnoldus Warmond (1), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Keizer (27), Angerlo (Gelderland)
• Meilof (0), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Groenendaal (27), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Ruyssers (51), Kalmthout-Achterbroek, 2920, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Andries Durks Dirks Effing (67), Weststellingwerf
• Aart Groenendaal (27), Den Helder
• Anna Catharina Pilder (75), Herwen en Aerdt, Nederland

• 1898 » Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician († 1984)
• 1898 » Tian Han, Chinese playwright († 1968)
• 1899 » Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer († 1955)
• 1900 » Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia († 1975)
• 1900 » Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete († 1972)
• 1904 » Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician († 1976)
• 1905 » Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor († 1982)
• 1907 » Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic († 2007)
• 1908 » David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore († 1995)
• 1908 » Rita Angus, New Zealand painter († 1970)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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.
• January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

The temperature on March 12, 1903 was between -1.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (73%).