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• Anna Maria Stals, Weert (Weert) (Limburg)
• Klaas Van Der Meer, Blokzijl († 1901)
• Arie Huijsman, geervliet
• Alta Pearl Alwood, DeKalb Co., IN († 1981)
• Aaltje Hendrika van Huffelen, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1975)
• Anna Brokke, Ginneken en Bavel († 1955)
• Froukje Hofma, Opsterland
• Arie Adriaan Hittinger, Rotterdam
• Antoon Jans, Groningen († 1973)
• Abraham Ladan, Leiden

• Adrianus Henricus Schellekens (7), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Collée (76), Echt (Lim)
• Anna Meuleman (63), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Verschure (66), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagtje Cornelis Aaij (74), Andijk
• Adrianus Ketels (53), Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Verschure (66), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Crommelinck (83), Bottelare
• Aloysius Raemdonck (57), Aalst
• Albert Jan Elbert (81), deldeneresch

• 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)
• 1898 » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler († 1944)
• 1900 » Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress († 2001)
• 1900 » Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author († 1970)
• 1900 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player († 1975)
• 1903 » Empress Kōjun of Japan († 2000)
• 1904 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country († 1960)
• 1905 » Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader († 1975)
• 1906 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian († 1959)

• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
• 1920 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
• 1932 » John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
• 1933 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)

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 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
• 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 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

The temperature on March 6, 1901 was between 3.5 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C.