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• Adriana Dina WOUDSMA, Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Angenieta Riphagen, Oene (Gem. Epe) († 1944)
• Abrahamn Semuel Lopes Cardoso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1936)
• Adriana Johanna Gerarda Maria Kroes, Rotterdam († 1902)
• Adriana Schoenmakers, Boxtel († 1983)
• Abraham Lopes Cardozo, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adriaan Oostdijk, Yerseke
• Adrianus Jozef Adams, Hoogstraten (België) († 1954)
• Agnes Adriana Maria Bertha van Rietschoten, Breda († 1992)
• Aaltje Arbeider, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)

• Aleida Johanna Lucas (73), Almelo
• Aaltje van Meerveld (26), Barneveld
• Baron Egbert Willem Justinus SIX (77), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin (71), Philadelphia, PA
• Aukjen Rijpma (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Reid (47)
• Adrianus Rodenburg (65), Overschie
• Antonie van Lier (74), Driel
• Alberta Keers (76), Hilversum
• Carolus Ludovicus VANDOORNE (82), Reningelst

• 1894 » Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter († 1964)
• 1894 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1896 » Betty Smith, American author and playwright († 1972)
• 1899 » Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist († 1978)
• 1902 » Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts († 1983)
• 1903 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna († 1938)
• 1907 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1907 » Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília († 2012)
• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)

• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)

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.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

The temperature on December 15, 1901 was between -2.6 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (30%).