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• Aloysius Antonius Ristjouw, 's-Gravenhage
• Agatha Euphemia (Zuster Maria) Dekker, Spierdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1960)
• Adriaan Johannes Cliteur, Amsterdam
• Ellinghaus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bruyns, Bornem († 1901)
• Aegidius Jacobus Gerardus van Loo, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana de Jong, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Adriana Timmers, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1902)
• Allegonda Christina Maria Rutte, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Heij, Heteren (Gelderland) Nederland

• Arij Boerendonk (27), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Voeten (38), Rucphen
• Adriana Wijstma (0), Amsterdam
• Ange van Dijk (69), Lienden
• Arnoldus Gerardus Driessen (29), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaffien Krijthe (15), Lieveren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aleida Roeloffzen (5), Apeldoorn
• Arnoldus Hermanus Doctors van Leeuwen (92), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Arnoldus Hermanus Docters van Leeuwen (92)
• Ange van Dijk (69), Lienden, Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1897 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1960)
• 1899 » Adolf Brudes, Polish-German race car driver († 1986)
• 1899 » José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama († 1964)
• 1900 » Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1901 » Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist († 1952)
• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1907 » Varian Fry, American journalist and author († 1967)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The temperature on October 15, 1901 was between 5.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%).