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• Alida Wolf, Utrecht
• Anna Christina Gijzelaar, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Johan Marius Dibbits, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anne van der Veen, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1990)
• Klasing, Porrong
• * Gerard Désiré van Nee, Rotterdam († 1964)
• Albert Post, Stuifzand
• Adrianus van de Par, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana Warmerdam, Gemeente Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Ruijter, Breda

• Aeltien Luichtjenbroers
• Anna Clasina Wellens, Gemert
• Antoinette Neeltje Collewijn (58), Gouda
• ADRIANUS MAATEN (57), KLAASWAAL
• Adrianus Geerts (0)
• Aartje Wijnands(e) (69), Gouda, Nederland
• Adrianus van Bruggen (31), Haarlem, Nederland
• Anna Clasiena Wellens, Gemert
• Albert Jan Hendrik Wendt (44), Hees
• Ann Jacobs (51), Scotland

• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)
• 1911 » Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer († 1990)

• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)

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. Arie
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. 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 » 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.
• January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

The temperature on May 4, 1901 was between 5.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%).