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• Alberta Grootveld, Baarn
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina HOOGERS, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1901)
• Aaltje Nijhoving, Odoorn
• Adriana van Schaijk, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1980)
• Andrew D. "Andy" Lux, Kelso, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Anco Egbert Rispens, Burum († 1946)
• Adrianus BUIJENS, Wouw (N.Br. Nl) († 1917)
• Adriana van Schaick, Hapert
• Alida Elisabeth Degeling, Venhuizen, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Grace FRIDAY

• Antonetta Maria Ammerlaan (0), Hof van Delft
• Battje van der Weiden (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham de Wilde (76), Sint Maartensdijk
• ARENT JAN STRONKS (43), Wisch
• Adriaan Verhoeven (78), Breda, Nederland
• Arie Baak (34), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Anna Catharina IJssels (42), 's-Gravenhage
• Abraham de Wilde (76), Sint Maartensdijk
• Antonia Ceelen (67), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Bruijne (0), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean Étienne Valluy, French general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming († 1986)
• 1901 » Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1901 » Xavier Herbert, Australian author († 1984)
• 1902 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago († 1976)
• 1902 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin († 1937)
• 1903 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist († 1998)
• 1904 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author († 1999)
• 1905 » Joseph Cotten, American actor († 1994)

• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.

The temperature on May 15, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%).