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• Aagje VAN BERGEN VAN DER GRIJP, Delft
• Albert Jan Dalhuisen, Oene, Nederland († 1974)
• Aletta Bos, Breukelen-Sint Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland († 1988)
• Albert Knobbe, Schoterland († 1959)
• Adriana Maria Boemaars, Gilze en Rijen († 1986)
• "François" Marie René Étienne des Courtils de Merlemont, Reims, Marne, France († 1950)
• Albert Jan Dalhuisen, Oene (Gem. Epe) († 1974)
• Adrianus van Lemmen, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Maria Boemaars, Gilze en Rijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Albert vlessert († 1972)

• van der Ham, Rotterdam
• Antje Osinga (0), utingeradeel
• Arend Jan Spenkelink (41), Haaksbergen
• Aartje Reijerse van den Hoef (77), Hamersveld
• Albertus Schoonmade (0), Rotterdam
• Antje Cornelis Kat (81), Wormerveer
• Arie Evers (67), Purmerland
• Aafje Heijnis
• Aartje van den Hoef (77), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Streefkerk (49), Lekkerkerk

• 1896 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician († 1947)
• 1896 » J. Lawton Collins, American general († 1987)
• 1896 » Mark W. Clark, American general († 1984)
• 1898 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter († 1972)
• 1900 » Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer († 1967)
• 1900 » Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician († 1978)
• 1901 » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author († 1945)
• 1901 » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1901 » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic († 1989)
• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)

• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)

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. Hendrikus
15. Arie
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.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

The temperature on May 1, 1901 was between 7.0 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C.