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• Adriana Maria Elisabeth van den Hoek, Tilburg
• Albert Wiffers, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1918)
• Abraham_Johan_August Huijser, Den Haag
• Alida Engelina van Dijk, Reeuwijk († 1995)
• Adriana Maria Takx, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Albert Kooij, Echten, lemsterland.fr.nld († 1993)
• Addie Williams Ross († 1981)
• Andreas Van Impe, Erpe
• Aaltje Meijer, Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Blondina Van Daele, Hoboken, Antwerpen

• Aliena Afiena Rensema (0), Stedum
• Berend Vierzen (0), Birdaard, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Christina Jannigje Le Clercq (1), Sassenheim (gem. Teylingen)
• Arnold Theuws (72)
• Antonia Van Den Bergh (76)
• Albert Emming (63), Odoornerveen (Odoorn)
• Albert Emming (63), Odoornerveen (Odoorn)
• Bradford Wyman Brown (21), Little Lepreau, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
• Christina Jannigje Le Clercq (1)
• Anton Edvard Olsen (31), Malangseidet, Balsfjord, Troms, Norge

• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)
• 1900 » John T. Scopes, American educator († 1970)
• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1901 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal († 1981)
• 1902 » David Buttolph, American film composer († 1983)
• 1902 » Regina Jonas, German rabbi († 1944)
• 1903 » Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia († 2000)
• 1904 » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress († 1983)

• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)

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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

The temperature on August 3, 1901 was between 10.3 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (43%).