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• Anna Maria de Kruijf, Soest († 1903)
• Anna Katherina Menzen (Mensen), Jipsingboermussel, Onstwedde, Groningen, the Nethe († 1971)
• Albert Cornelis Franciscus de Koning, Vlissingen
• Adrianus Gerardus van der Hilst († 1996)
• Aloysius Antonius Maria Bijl, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adam Kluijfhout, Koudekerke
• Hacour, Borgsweer
• Anna Maria Leonia Herbots, Wilderen, België
• Adriaan HOL, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angele Maria SPYNS, Heist († 1976)

• Aaldert Kuipers (0), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christopher Evans (52)
• Adriaan van den Heuvel (83), Berlicum
• Adriana Johanna de Haan (0), Rotterdam
• Albert Dekker (16), Dedemsvaart
• Catharina Namles Asma (41), Herbaijum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Dijk (49), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Dijkstra (3), Bolsward, Freisland
• Anthonie Jacobsz Heemskerk (92), Katwijk
• Berend Haije VONK (46), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1898 » Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic († 1993)
• 1898 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1898 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter († 1980)
• 1903 » Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer († 1992)
• 1905 » Henry Fonda, American actor († 1982)
• 1906 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator († 1988)
• 1906 » Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Margret Rey, German author and illustrator († 1996)
• 1907 » Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler († 2004)

• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)

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".
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• 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.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

The temperature on May 16, 1903 was between 6.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%).