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• Aaldrik Jans Sillius, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1990)
• Albertus KEEHNEN, `s-Gravenhage († 1983)
• Adriana (Jaan) Dijkshoorn, Schipluiden, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1978)
• Adrianus Quirinus Cornelis van Loon, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adhémar léon CHARPENTIER, Raismes (F-59)
• (Stillborn) LUBBERS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1901)
• Adrianus van Wunnik, Bergen op Zoom
• Abraham Berkenbosch, Ouddorp († 1901)
• * Levenloos kind Kouwenhoven, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1901)
• Adrianus Bode

• Allegonda Maria Francina de Jong (0), Woensel
• Andries van Veen (73), Meerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van den Bogaart (79), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kool (74), Monster, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aartje Nout (4), Zaltbommel
• Aldegondis Maria Cox (11), Lottum
• ? Scholten (0), Rotterdam
• Adolphus W Hunsucker (73)
• Andries Cornelisz van Veen (73), Meerkerk, zh.nld
• * Levenloos kind Kouwenhoven (0), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)

• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

• 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.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

The temperature on January 2, 1901 was between -3.3 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -1.8 °C.