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• aaldert jan otten, haarlemmermeer († 1933)
• ADRIANA JOHANNA VAN NIEROP, MAASLAND († 1927)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Vork, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1901)
• Adriana Rake, Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Albert Phillion, Waters, Otsego, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1951)
• Agnes Wilhelmina Hiebing († 1980)
• Alberta Fay Kirk, Hardman, Morrow Co.Oregon († 1990)
• Anna Catharina Geerts, Baarle-Nassau († 1971)
• Adrianus Johannes de Leeuw, Alphen en Riel
• van der Perk, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Vork (0), Ter Aar (Korteraar)
• Antonie Baak (62), Ijmuiden Noord Holland (NL)
• Anna Maria Koster (0), Hilversum
• Antje van der Velde (57)
• Anna Catharina Pauwels (48), Geel (Rauwelkoven)
• Antonet van der Heijden (61), Schijndel
• Antonetta Maria van den Noort (54), Gilze en Rijen
• Aglonie Eve Lejeune (65), Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, United States
• Antonia van der Heijden (61), Schijndel, NL
• van der Perk (0), Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1898 » Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1899 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher († 1961)
• 1900 » Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature († 1998)
• 1900 » Margherita Bontade, Italian politician († 1992)
• 1901 » John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer († 1996)
• 1902 » Larry Fine, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist († 1984)
• 1903 » M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic († 1989)
• 1905 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress († 1987)
• 1905 » John Hoyt, American actor († 1991)

• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

• 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 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

The temperature on October 5, 1901 was between 9.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%).