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• Alida Flach, Ridderkerk († 1976)
• Agostina Adele Giovanna Borgnis († 1992)
• Albertus Hekkelman, Gorssel
• Alida Helena Boer, Leiden, Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Jozef Keirsebilck, Oostkamp († 1981)
• Agatha Trijntje Marie Koch, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1903)
• Alida Johanna Neeltje de Gast, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albertus Hekkelman, Gorssel
• Aleida Hondebrink, Ambt Almelo, op de Bellinkhof († 1940)
• Aafke Lesterhuis, Oosterwijtwerd, 't Zandt,, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)

• Bliekveld (Bliktveldt) (0), Paramaribo, Weidestraat D 71
• Agnes Francoise Adriana Brouerius van Nidek (72), Bennekom
• Alexander Franciscus Philipsen (74), Sint-Niklaas,Oost-Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,Belgi√´
• Albertus Jacobus Reuvekamp (83), Epse (Gorssel)
• Aaltje Joostema (69), Wapenveld, Nederland
• Agnes Françoise Adriana Brouerius van Nidek (72), Ede,Gemeente Ede,Gelderland,Netherlands
• adriaantje VOGELAAR (61), maasdam
• Albert Visser (Visscher) (60)
• Aaltje Rutten (88), Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Rooijen (74), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe 11

• 1895 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter († 1974)
• 1895 » Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager († 1985)
• 1900 » Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral († 1986)
• 1901 » Art Rooney, American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers († 1988)
• 1901 » Willy Fritsch, German actor († 1973)
• 1903 » John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1903 » Otto P. Weyland, American general († 1979)
• 1904 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic († 1979)
• 1905 » Howard McNear, American actor († 1969)
• 1908 » William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher († 1993)

• 1860 » János Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
• 1880 » Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)

• 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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

The temperature on January 27, 1901 was between 4.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C.