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• Adrianus Kooreman, Leiden († 1902)
• * Hendrika van Westen, Rotterdam
• Aaldert Cornelis Dirk van der Linden, Kesteren († 1984)
• Aaltje Wiebes Haringsma, Harich, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albert Achille Alphonse Van Wallendael, Vyle-et-Tharoul, Marchin, Luik
• Adriana Brandwijk, Tiel
• Adrianus Conrardus GIERLINGS, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaldert Cornelis Dirk van der Linden, Kesteren (Neder-Betuwe) 106
• Witte, Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1901)

• Anna KLOOTWIJK (79), Vrijhoeve Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Witte (0), Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Arnoldus Antonius Josephus Reinen (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Baumgard(t(en)) (76), Cuijck en St. Agatha
• Antonius Keijsers (61), Someren,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Christina Josephina Ligtvoet (0), Tilburg
• Anna Ton (25), Broek op Langedijk
• "François" Désiré Gabriel de Tournemire (61), Pierrefitte, Corrèze, France
• Anna KLOOTWIJK (79), Vrijhoeve-Capelle
• Agatha Henrica Kuyck van Houweninge (78), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands

• 1898 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1899 » Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director († 1963)
• 1900 » Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1901 » Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1903 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic († 1982)
• 1905 » Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1905 » Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and race car driver († 1955)
• 1907 » Peggy Ashcroft, English actress († 1991)
• 1908 » Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic († 1991)

• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)

• 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 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 December 22, 1901 was between -0.2 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.7 °C.