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• "Charles" Gustave Beaussant († 1992)
• Adriana van der Linde, Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Alberta van Beek, Heeten († 1987)
• Amelia Carolina Verbraeken, Hoogstraten, België († 1902)
• Akke Wabes Bakker, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aloisius Antonius Maria Hovers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1930)
• van Heek, Stad Delden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Hugo van Bladel, Tilburg († 1985)
• Aartje Bogaards, Utrecht († 1992)
• Zwart, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aafje Heida (61), Havelterberg
• Aafje Jans Heida (61), Havelte,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amos C. Bridges (47), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Anna Catharina Breuweiler (64), Loerbeek (Montferland)
• Aldegonda WILLEMS (73), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arie Konijnenburg (43), Giessendam, Nederland
• Aaltjen Bakker (1), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Antonia de Vries (50)
• Alice Clementina VANDAELE (0), Gistel
• Nieboer (0), Ten Boer (Thesinge)

• 1895 » Jack Warner, English actor and singer († 1981)
• 1896 » Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman († 1994)
• 1898 » Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China († 1974)
• 1901 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1959)
• 1903 » Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent († 1960)
• 1904 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist († 1932)
• 1904 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright († 1961)
• 1905 » Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic († 1988)
• 1906 » Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer († 1968)
• 1907 » Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker († 1986)

• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)

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.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• 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 October 24, 1901 was between 4.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%).