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• Agnes Marie Wijne, Philippine (Z)
• Albert de Vries, Oudehorne
• Abram Nicolaas Gerardus Simons, Rotterdam († 1977)
• Aloysius Hendrikus Wouters, Nijmegen
• Aafke Boonstra, Zevenhuizen
• "Louis" Coeur Marie Joseph de Cassagnes de Beaufort de Miramon, Paris († 1941)
• Adriana Maria Mertens, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1987)
• Aaltjen Redeker, Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert Eugéne Léon Marie HETRU, Gravelines... Hauts de France († 1975)
• Aloyisius Hendrikus Wouters, Nijmegen

• Anna HENDRICKX (70), Turnhout
• Alida Magdalena Otten (64), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Jane Maria Olorenshaw BLABEY (38), Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia
• Albert van Veldhoven (0), Deil West Betuwe (GL)
• Anna Catharina Verhoeven, Zeelst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van Os (54), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Coenen (75), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland
• Abel Vrieze (18), Vriescheloo (gem. Westerwolde)
• Adriaan Eikelenboom (0), Rijnsaterwoude
• Alida Margaretha Lever (80), Amsterdam

• 1897 » Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer († 1941)
• 1897 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico († 1955)
• 1899 » Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician and academic († 1986)
• 1900 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator († 1984)
• 1903 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange († 1936)
• 1904 » Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator († 1997)
• 1905 » Al Bates, American long jumper († 1999)
• 1905 » Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic († 1989)
• 1906 » Mimi Smith, English nurse († 1991)
• 1906 » William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster († 1946)

• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)

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 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The temperature on April 24, 1901 was between 7.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%).