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• Alida Lalleman, Delft († 1963)
• Adrianus Leonardus Welling, Amersfoort († 1955)
• Adelaïda Palmyra Van Spitael, Temse († 1989)
• Aart den Hoed, Ridderkerk
• Abraham Jan Bos, Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Aloijsius Josef Wanten, Maasbree († 1953)
• Alida van Angeren, IJsselsteijn
• Aart den Hoed, Ridderkerk († 1963)
• Alberdina Baas, Hoogeveen nederland
• Alida Cornelia Witberg, Schiedam,-

• Augustinus Ludovicus Antonius Mariën (2), Herentals, België
• Anna Maria Verhagen (37), Berlicum
• Berend Gortmaker, Rolde
• Adriana Maria Anna Parlevliet (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Hendrika Baas (46), ter aar
• Anna Nollen (80), Klundert
• Aaltjen Teunissen (67), Wassinkbrink (Zelhem)
• Antje van Wilgenburg (43), Hilversum
• Bergitte Marie Willumsdatter (82), Hole, Bø, Vesterålen, Nordland, Norge
• Adriana van Huizen (35), Losser,Gemeente Losser, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1899 » Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico († 1967)
• 1900 » Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress († 1971)
• 1901 » The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player († 1986)
• 1903 » Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII († 1969)
• 1903 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor († 1991)
• 1905 » Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada († 1994)
• 1907 » Katharine Hepburn, American actress († 2003)
• 1907 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1908 » Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist († 1986)
• 1910 » James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive († 2004)

• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)

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.
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on May 12, 1903 was between 2.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%).