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• Alijda Marie Siliakus
• Alijda Marie Siliakus, Den-Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Lester Scarlet, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand († 1968)
• Albert Lambers, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1977)
• Alida Maria van der Hulst, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Swemmer, Werkendam (NB NL) († 1979)
• (Stillborn) Meijer, Wapenveld, Nederland († 1901)
• Aaltje Dekker, Wildervank (gem. Veendam)
• Afke Wygers Veltman, Hitzum
• Aaf Nicolai, Borger, dr.nld

• Aaltje Jakobs Zuidema (80), Driesum
• Bosch (0), Haarlem
• Aaltje Zinger (21), Hijken, Beilen
• Aaltje Roelofs Reitsema (90), Groningen
• Adrianus de Bakker (51), Princenhage, NL
• Theodora van Dieden (Dieten) (0), Deursen en Dennenburg
• Aaltje Jacobs Zuidema (80)
• Albertus Zomer (0), Kollum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertus Zomer (0)
• Jansen (0), Rheden

• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)
• 1898 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher († 1992)
• 1899 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1901 » Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building († 1974)
• 1901 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt († 1984)
• 1901 » Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency († 1978)
• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)
• 1904 » Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1980)
• 1906 » Gale Gordon, American actor († 1995)

• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

The temperature on February 20, 1901 was between -10.3 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (82%).