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• Aleida Johanna Theodora Nieling, Stokkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Meertens, Hoek
• Adriana den Besten, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Aartje de Ruig, Baarn († 1904)
• Aldert Kamp, Midwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aaltje Westmaas, sloten († 1902)
• Abigael van der Linden, Leiden († 2000)
• Aaltje Louwiena Winkel, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Akker, Nijkerk († 1991)
• Adriaan Pinxteren, Zundert, Nederland († 1902)

• Wolf (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Krom (1), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Antonie van Tilburg (0), Oosterhout
• auguste HANOT (49), Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• arendje van WEEL (81), ooltgensplaat
• Antoinette Wilhelmina Sacré (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Aart Bosch (77), Ermelo, Nederland
• Adriana de Krom (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Arendje van WEEL Jzn (81), Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Alida Willems Hutjes (89), Terschelling

• 1896 » Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman († 1961)
• 1896 » Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic († 1987)
• 1897 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet († 1982)
• 1898 » Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator († 1944)
• 1898 » Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1899 » Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer († 1966)
• 1900 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)
• 1905 » Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey († 1993)

• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)

• 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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

The temperature on October 3, 1901 was between 11.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C.