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• Adriana Anna Maria Verveen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1903)
• Adriaan Marinus van Iwaarden, 's Heer Arendskerke († 1994)
• Alida van Straten, Middelharnis († 1976)
• Alden Hoyt Miller, Saint Albans, VT († 1984)
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• Alix Irena Delaruelle, Scheldewindeke († 1987)
• Achiel Karel Verbinnen, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 1946)
• Aaltje Muntjewerff, Beemster († 1973)
• Westerhof, Jistrum, 9258, Nederland († 1901)
• Alida Maria Overwater, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)

• Adolph Ernst Alexander Baron Van Goltstein van Hoekenburg (73), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Adolph Ernst Alexander van GOLTSTEIN van HOEKENBURG (73), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Anna Elizabeth Cuyvers (64), Geel, België
• Anna Paulusdr van den Berg (91), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Westerhof (0), Jistrum, 9258, Nederland
• Hendrik Segeward Douwes (66), Groningen
• Albertina Hendrik van Apeldoorn (64), Leeuwarden
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• Anna Catharina Vansimpsen (66), Rijkel, België
• Agnes Caelers (76), Roggel

• 1895 » Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player († 1984)
• 1896 » Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author († 1987)
• 1897 » Karl Marx, German composer and conductor († 1985)
• 1898 » Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast († 1999)
• 1900 » Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer († 1941)
• 1901 » James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian († 1994)
• 1903 » Jack Oakie, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman († 1981)
• 1905 » Louise Thaden, American pilot († 1979)
• 1906 » George Dillon, American soldier and poet († 1968)

• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)

• 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.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.

The temperature on November 12, 1901 was between 5.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%).