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• Anna Elisabeth van Opstal, Chaam († 1904)
• Anna Aartje Jacoba de Bock, Haaften († 1993)
• Anna Adriana Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 1903)
• Alberdina Oudenampsen, Eefde
• Anna Maria Gerritsen, Gaanderen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angus Ashbury Cunningham († 1904)
• Adrianus Joannes Augustinus Haens, Tilburg († 1988)
• Anne Glashouwer († 1903)
• Aleida (Leida) van Orden, Styrum, Muhlheim, Duitsland († 1990)
• Albert Léon Gilbert Dupont, Leigné-les-Bois, Vienne, France († 1989)

• Aleida Sturre (0), Emmen 266
• Zeeman, Monster
• Arie Marinus van Trigt (72), Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan LENS (57), Leiden (Z-H)
• Aleida Sturre (0), Emmen
• boy-2 (twin) Benshoff (0), Rosedale Borough, Cambria Couinty, Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Timmers (81), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Geerts (22), Chaam
• Aafje Soffre (34), Utrecht
• Calvin Keyes Childs * (56), Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 1900 » Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments († 2003)
• 1902 » Dutch Schultz, American gangster († 1935)
• 1903 » Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist († 1999)
• 1904 » Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach († 1993)
• 1904 » Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer († 1970)
• 1906 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist († 1984)
• 1908 » Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander († 1997)
• 1908 » Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator († 1941)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)
• 1909 » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle († 2013)

• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
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.
• January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

The temperature on August 6, 1903 was between 10.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (43%).