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• Alcides de Castro Palma, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil († 1976)
• Albertje Scholing, Giethoorn († 1957)
• Aagje van den Torn, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Andries Ruis, Delft († 1939)
• Albertje Scholing, Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Oostveen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna FOPMA, Ada Township Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1981)
• Albertus Hendrikus (2) Tiggeler, Enschede († 1983)
• Andries Ruis, Delft
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Hendriksen, Beek (Gl) († 1944)

• Anna Margaretha Doumen (63), Rotem, Provincie Limburg, België
• Albert Baas (0), Ter Aar
• Anna Margaretha Wijnveldt, Deventer
• Adriana de KUIJPER (15), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Baas (1), Ter Aar (Aardam)
• Adolf Olijve (77), Odoornerveen, gem. Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Sanders (75), Gent
• Anna Jobse (59), Rotterdam
• Anna van der Heijde (70), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• ?? van Lindt (0), Rotterdam

• 1897 » Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1897 » Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder († 1967)
• 1898 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer († 1972)
• 1898 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1899 » Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader († 1958)
• 1900 » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist († 1985)
• 1900 » Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher († 1969)
• 1900 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player († 1948)
• 1904 » Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal († 1991)
• 1904 » Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece († 2004)

• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)

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 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• 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.
• January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on April 26, 1901 was between 0.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (60%).