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• Adrianus Gerardus Bakker, Castricum († 1977)
• Anna "Antje" Engel, Hippolytushoef, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriana Cornelia Vissers, Haaren († 1981)
• Adrianus Marinus de Laat, Moergestel († 1989)
• Anne Kristine Olufsdatter Mellingen, Grong, Nord-Trøndelag, Norge († 1989)
• Aart Roos, Piershil († 1972)
• Aaltje Hogenes, Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Kuijer, Hoogland
• * Nicolaas Meerveld, IJsselstein († 1986)
• Abraham Boers, Amsterdam († 1945)

• Alexander Gerard Dezentjé (64), Surakarta, Java, Indonesia
• Brita Stina Andersdotter (40), Källa, Kalmar, Sverige
• Angelo Barbieri (54), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arend Ketz (71), Dichteren
• Andries Lepelaar (74), Leiden
• Andries Lepelaar (74), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Peeters (0), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolina Sophia Costenoble (80), Esen
• (75), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catarina van Rooij (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

• 1896 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1963)
• 1896 » Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon († 1937)
• 1896 » William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer († 1978)
• 1898 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1962)
• 1899 » Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor († 1994)
• 1900 » August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile († 1989)
• 1902 » Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist († 1942)
• 1904 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author († 1972)
• 1904 » Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician († 1973)
• 1905 » John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter († 1986)

• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

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.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

The temperature on April 27, 1901 was between 2.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (40%).