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• * Frederika Hendrika # Walther, 's-Gravenhage († 1960)
• Pieter Janssonius, Amsterdam († 1974)
• Adriaan Jacobus Wisse, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1902)
• Adriana Jacoba van Leeuwen, Veldhuizen († 1952)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER HEIDE, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1901)
• * Jan Kruines, Schiedam
• Adrianus Johannes de Laat, Vlijmen († 1916)
• Aafke Kempenaar, Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adriaantje Pesselse, Hoogblokland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• ADRIANA VAN DER LELIJ, ROTTERDAM († 1945)

• adriaan Aerts (aarts) (65), etten-Leur
• Adrianus Koppe (58), Haarlemmermeer
• Albert Robert Francis VAN LIMBURG STIRUM (4), Mata Tandjoeng West Nusa Indonesia
• Aaltje (Alida) Mors (Morsch) (92), Castricum, NH, The Netherlands
• Mallens (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje Morsch [Mors] (92), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Welling (77), Amersfoort
• Adriaan Aarts (65), Etten-Leur
• (Stillborn) VAN DER HEIDE (0), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus van Welie (72), Winssen (gemeente Ewijk)

• 1898 » Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player († 1959)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)
• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)
• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1906 » Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1907 » Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author († 1982)
• 1908 » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer († 1989)
• 1909 » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author († 1944)

• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
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.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on May 5, 1901 was between 3.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C.