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• Alexander Vincent Magee Sr, St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Achiel Victor Vanduynslager, Tourcoing (Frankrijk) († 1981)
• Anna Elisabeth Auguste Gondermann, Eickel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1972)
• Anna Langeveld, Heemstede,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Aafje Nap, Zuid-en Noord-Schermer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert Marien, Hamme, België († 1902)
• Alida Steentjes, Naaldwijk († 1957)
• Aaltje Prins, Veendam
• Adriana van Viegen, Amerongen († 1903)
• Aaltje Langman, Steenwijk († 1902)

• Catharina Geverdina de Vries (71), Velsen
• Adriana Francisca ROOSENDAAL (0), Tongelre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• berendina geertruijda franssen (59), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Andreas Verbaant (0), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Catharina Blauwpot (84), Groningen, GR, Nederland
• Antonetta Schreuders (30), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Cornelis Dirks Van Der Mey (49)
• Berendina Geertruida Franssen (59), Rotterdam / Zuid Holland
• Antonia Smans (0), Oosterhout
• Berendje Zoetbrood (86)

• 1892 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain († 1975)
• 1892 » Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician († 1986)
• 1893 » Herbert Read, English poet and critic († 1968)
• 1895 » Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1897 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico († 1958)
• 1899 » Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager († 1953)
• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)
• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

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.
• January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on December 4, 1901 was between -4.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (79%).