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• Abraham Doof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Ambraham Doof, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Aafje de Beer, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Albert Désiré SCHMERBER, Froeningen, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Anthonie van Ast, Scherpenisse († 1901)
• Adrianus Jacob Sulkers, Dinteloord († 1901)
• Albert Poelarends, Ommen,Ambt († 1994)
• Alphonsius Aloysius Verheyden, Bornem
• Anna Henrica Jansen, Rotterdam
• Albert Poelarends, ommen ambt

• Adrianus Johannes van Ankum (42), Rotterdam
• Antonie Thijmen Heij (0), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Kloek (75), Watergraafsmeer
• Bastiaantje Alderliesten (46), Ridderkerk
• Antje SIEKERMAN (78), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ate Buitkamp (5), Groningen
• Aukje Lageveen (24), Echten
• Berend Jan Lievestro (20), Ampsen (Lochem)
• Afien Schoon (74), Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana HOOGENBOEZEM (22), Reeuwijk (Z.-H.), Neth

• 1889 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright († 1937)
• 1899 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress († 1969)
• 1901 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver († 1959)
• 1902 » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar († 1983)
• 1910 » Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 2000)
• 1911 » Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player († 1989)
• 1912 » Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author († 1989)
• 1912 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian († 1984)
• 1912 » Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic († 1988)

• 1858 » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
• 1869 » William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794)
• 1881 » Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
• 1889 » Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Petronella
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
• March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.

The temperature on January 30, 1901 was between -2.1 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (31%).