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• Andries Hannaart, Leiden
• Abraham Johannes Eiswilder, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• van Hoof, Tilburg
• Adrianus van Aalsum, Ginneken en Bavel
• Angeline Gillogly, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• ALPHONSUS LIVINUS EMERENTIUS VAN BRANDE, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1983)
• Albertus Assië, Brummen
• Alphonse Petronille Jean ROEKELOOS, LEUVEN († 1903)
• Aart de Weerd, Tiel († 1903)
• Albert van de Water, Weltevreden, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia († 1945)

• Anna Aleida Nijhof (33), Gammelke (Weerselo)
• Anna Blijendaal (79), Santpoort,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella van Schie (0), Pijnacker, ZH, Nederland
• Arthemise Clementine Florence Rose Brussel, van (81), Veldwijk
• Cornelis (2) Beterams (0), Princenhage
• Austin Randall (70), Bendigo,Victoria, Australia
• Antonia Maria Kempen (75)
• DURK SCHAPER (1), VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT
• Doodgeboren zoon Slingerland (0), Rotterdam
• Doodgeboren zoon Kolen (0), Standdaarbuiten

• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1902 » Mina Rees, American mathematician (d.1997)
• 1902 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria († 1971)
• 1905 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer († 1963)
• 1905 » Myrna Loy, American actress († 1993)
• 1907 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author († 1984)

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• 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 August 2, 1903 was between 12.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%).