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• Adrianus van Dam, Bodegraven
• Adriana Corstanje, Borssele (Borssele) (Zeeland)
• Aaltje Beekhuizen, Renkum
• Adriana Maria Pellegrom, Werkendam, Nederland († 1965)
• Maria Francisca Ludovica Philippé († 1996)
• Albert Brouwer, Brummen, Nederland
• Albert Antonij van Eerden, Aalten
• Akke Lolkema, Oppenhuizen, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Aart van Mastrigt, De Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Adriana Cornelia Machielse, Standdaarbuiten, Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• Albertus Nijhuis (53), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Pleunen Rijsdijk (78), Ridderkerk
• Albert Kampstra (2), Groningen
• Adrianus Ridderhof (30), Rotterdam
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• Adrianus van Delft (91), Drunen
• Albertus Witteman (18), Leiden
• Akke Jans Smeding (45), Hijum
• Aaltje Leguijt (72), Buiksloot
• Albert Jans Haasjes (0), Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove

• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)
• 1899 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer († 1968)
• 1900 » Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 († 1961)
• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
• 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)

• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)

• 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 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
• 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 January 6, 1901 was between -11.4 °C and -8.0 °C and averaged -10.0 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (77%).