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• Aalt Kas, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1905)
• Abe Sybe Tuinman, Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1991)
• Adriana van de Wege, Zaamslag († 1920)
• Adrianus Cornelis Klever, Benschop,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Franciscus van de Klundert, Tilburg († 1979)
• Abraham Rutgers van der Loeff, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Akke Harsta, Wymbritseradeel († 1902)
• Anna Groen, Egmond aan Zee
• Adrianus Hendrikus Geerts, Chaam, Nederland († 1992)
• Aldegonda Heesbeen, Vlijmen († 1992)

• Arij van der Linden (79), Geervliet
• Antonia Gijsbers (14), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella Mathijsen (32), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Enden (0), Mijnsheerenland,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Anne Jans Stuiver [+] [1] (0), Tussenklappen, gemeente Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Trompetter (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Adrianus Perdon (27), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Albertus Franciscus Hendrikus Blokhoff (79), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Letschert (68), Bergen op Zoom
• Benjamin Kavanagh (86), Saint-Eustache de C.D.M

• 1895 » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup († 1988)
• 1896 » Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer († 1944)
• 1896 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist († 1952)
• 1899 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic († 1988)
• 1900 » Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1904 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer († 1983)
• 1905 » Frits Philips, Dutch businessman († 2005)
• 1907 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician († 1947)
• 1907 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. († 1964)

• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)

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.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

The temperature on April 16, 1901 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%).