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• Abraham Marinus Moeliker, tholen (zeeland) († 1995)
• Adelheid Bernardina Zumhebel, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aaltje Hendriks Tol, Twijzel († 1975)
• Aart Gevaerts, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Adrianus Verkerk, Tienhoven, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina Kegge, Rotterdam
• Abeldina Hendrina Kramer Freher, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Petrus Knijnenberg, Wassenaar, Nederland († 1960)
• ?, Bolsward, S√∫dwest-Frysl√¢n, Friesland, Nederland († 1901)
• Albert Valere Cornelius VANHAELE, Zonnebeke,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie

• Anna Maria Bosser (82), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aartje van Herwaarden (73), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Aleida Maria Breteler (4)
• Regtop (0), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Albertje (Albertien) Ratering (57), Schoonoord
• Andries Jonkman (67), Putten
• Antje BLOEMRAAD (80), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne de Lange (65), De Basse Steenwijkerland Overijssel Nederland
• Albert Gerhard Roerink (1), Zuid Eschmarke, Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Annie Milby (65), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States

• 1899 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin († 1978)
• 1901 » Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic († 1980)
• 1901 » Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader († 1974)
• 1902 » Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1902 » John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1902 » Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace († 1998)
• 1903 » Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician († 1993)
• 1903 » Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belorussian-American rabbi and philosopher († 1993)
• 1903 » Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1904 » James T. Farrell, American author and poet († 1979)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

• 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 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.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• 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.
• December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

The temperature on February 27, 1901 was between 1.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C.