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• Adriana Joanna Maria van Poppel, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1997)
• Adriana Noordam, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Aaltje Catherina KOZIJN, heerewaarden
• Adrianus Vermeulen, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Alfons Van Bogaert, Kruibeke († 1993)
• Akke Lieuwesd Cnossen († 1904)
• Harm Van Der Weide, Emmen
• Abraham van Antwerpen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vermeulen, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Nederland († 1983)
• Albertje Hoff, Haulerwijk († 1950)

• Arie Oosterling (79), Willige Langerak
• Blancka Bertha Cornelia Cailliau (0), Noordschote 8647, Lo-Reninge, West Vlaanderen
• Carolus Ludovicus De Witte (0), Elversele, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Munster, den haag
• Allardus Johannes Bugter (50), Wisch
• Albert Tangenberg (56), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Annechiena Lammechiena Helder (30), Groningen
• Alida NERDEN (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina COX (37), Grote-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
• Ariaantje Paardekoper (0), Nw-Lekkerland

• 1898 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater († 1965)
• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1899 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1899 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1997)
• 1900 » Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer († 1976)
• 1904 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor († 1961)
• 1904 » Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1983)
• 1904 » Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator († 2002)
• 1907 » Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist († 2006)
• 1907 » John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer († 1979)

• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)

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.
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• 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 May 26, 1903 was between 9.0 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (91%).