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• Adriana Lena Groenendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Siemens Koopman, St. Nicolaasga, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• andré léon DEVIS, Charleville-Mézières (F-08)
• Dirkje van der Plas, Abcoude/Proosdij († 1909)
• Aart Buizer, Noordeloos († 1962)
• Van kerckhoven, Bornem († 1901)
• Andries van Blijderveen, Hees
• Adriana van Hulst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Afke Sybes de Jong, St. Jacobiparochie († 1920)
• Alida Maria Broere, Lekkerkerk († 1963)

• Berend Jan de Wilde (0), Enterbroek, gemeente Wierden
• Adriana van Tillo (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Berend van der Vegte (71), Ommen
• Carel Joseph van Nispen (72), Rosmalen
• Van kerckhoven (0), Bornem
• 2 Jan Binnes Wijminga (83), Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltien Alberts Smit (64), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands(Lhee)
• Albertus (2) Bosch (84), Haarlem
• Carel Joseph van Nispen (72), Rosmalen
• Adriaan VOORBRAAK (45), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1895 » Morrie Ryskind, American writer/director († 1985)
• 1895 » Rex Ingram, American actor († 1969)
• 1897 » Yi Un, South Korean general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan († 1969)
• 1900 » Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1974)
• 1901 » Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer († 1993)
• 1901 » Frank Churchill, American film composer († 1942)
• 1904 » Anna Neagle, English actress, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1904 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist († 2006)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)

• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)

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.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• 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 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

The temperature on October 20, 1901 was between 7.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%).