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• Aina Sofia Kristina Norberg, Skön (Västernorrland) (Sverige) († 1973)
• - Lanting, Zwinderen († 1901)
• Adrianus Hubertus Jansen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Joannes Wilhelmus de Regter, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1980)
• Adriaan Faas, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abthonia Christina Platel, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adela Maria Philomena VANBILSEN, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1993)
• Adriaan Faas, s-Gravenzande,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Christoffelina van Meel, Oud Gastel († 1999)
• Aaltje Hendrika den Dekker, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

• Annie Eliza Owens (76), Gadsden County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie Elis IJsebrands (55), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria van Schijndel, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Strijk (74), Hijkersmilde (Smilde)
• Alle Rinzes Bosma (81), Opeinde, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• - Lanting (0), Zwinderen
• Anna Maria van Seeters (77), Raamsdonk
• Antonetta van der Steen, Geertruidenberg
• Aaltje Strijk (74), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Wilhelmus Lankerman (17), 's-Gravenhage

• 1895 » Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1898 » Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author († 1920)
• 1900 » Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist († 1925)
• 1902 » Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1903 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager († 1962)
• 1904 » Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer († 1966)
• 1904 » Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany († 1988)
• 1908 » Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author († 1994)

• 1860 » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)

• 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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.

The temperature on April 6, 1901 was between -1.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%).