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• "Sophie" Marie Franziska Antonia Ignatia Alberta von Habsburg-Lothringen, château de Konopiste, Benesov, Tchéquie († 1990)
• Aloysius Maria Josef Matthijsse, Tilburg
• Anita Hotte, St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Drummond, Québec († 1974)
• Lambert Ijmker, Hollandscheveld
• Adrianus Vermasen, Wadenoijen
• Anna Jozefina Maria Somers, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Brouwer, Brummen, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Johanna Hoogvelt, Haarlem
• Aaltje Hilversum, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aafke de Vries, Groningen

• Cornelis van Beelen (0)
• Arie Overes (74), Oudshoorn
• Cornelis van Beelen (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina (Trijntje) Hartoog (83), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van de Kamp (0), Arnhem
• Anna Geertruida van Deemster (71), Groningen
• Anne Epema (71), Dantumadeel
• Anne Sjoerds Epema, Dantumadeel Friesland Nederland
• Adrianus Overes (74), Oudshoorn
• Alberdina Bolt (22), Zuidlaren

• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)
• 1904 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1977)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)
• 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
• 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author († 1998)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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.
• 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.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on July 24, 1901 was between 10.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%).