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• <naamloos> Roks, Rucphen, Nederland
• Aart Deetman, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1976)
• (Carola) Carolina Maria Josephina Antonia van Roosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Aafje Meijer, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Brand, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1995)
• Adrianus van Putten, Rotterdam
• Hijma, Menaldumadeel († 1903)
• Adriana Margaretha Ritzema
• Aaltje van Esch, Norg († 1904)
• Wilhelmina van Hout, Erp († 1903)

• Arend Smit (53), Noordwijk
• Albertje Noorman (38), Kalteren (Diever)
• Adriana Plomp (86), Dordrecht
• Bicento de Cuba (1), Aruba
• Catharina Maria Josephina van Iersel (0), Tilburg
• Andreas Künnings (0), Simpelveld (L
• Arij Stok (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarjen Slot (74), Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Sijbrands Boddé (88), Uithuizen
• Hijma (0), Menaldumadeel

• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)
• 1895 » Blossom Rock, American actress († 1978)
• 1897 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer († 1966)
• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)

• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
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. Hendrika
9. Catharina
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.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• 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.
• December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on August 21, 1903 was between 10.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%).