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• Anna Johanna Kühner, Nordheim, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1947)
• ? GAUDISIABOIS, Lessines, 55023, Hainaut, Belgique († 1901)
• Agatha Rootjes, Oudkarspel, Nederland
• Adrianus van de LUIJTGAARDEN, Rucphen († 1902)
• Kurpershoek, Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1901)
• Anna Eileen Morris, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia († 1981)
• Angelica Maria Naessens, ANTWERPEN († 1983)
• Jochemsen, Brummen († 1901)
• ALFONS JOZEF FRANS MARIE VAN DEN BRANDEN, WAASMUNSTER,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1902)
• Aart Kok, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Nederland

• Aleida Sibilla Sara Barones d' Aulnis de Bourouill (60), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Aaltje Ruis (73)
• Albertus Franciscus Anthonius van Huijgevoort (0), Tilburg, Nederland
• Agatha de Groot (0), Vleuten, Nederland
• Adriaan Kramer (98), Colijnsplaat
• Adriana Brokken (70), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kurpershoek, Rotterdam
• Adolphina Driessens (42), Temse
• Aleida Pellegrim (62), Kilder, Nederland
• Amelberga Smet (78), Temse

• 1897 » Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner († 1987)
• 1897 » Ville Pörhölä, Finnish shot putter and discus thrower († 1964)
• 1898 » Baby Dodds, American drummer († 1959)
• 1900 » Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki († 1980)
• 1900 » Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland († 1991)
• 1903 » Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer († 1971)
• 1903 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director († 1972)
• 1904 » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman († 2008)
• 1905 » Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot († 1976)

• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)

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.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

The temperature on December 24, 1901 was between -0.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C.