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• Adriana van Schaijk, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1980)
• Anco Egbert Rispens, Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Aaltje Nijhoving, Odoorn
• Alphonsus Theodorus Helsen, Geel (2440, Antwerpen)
• Aaltje Nijhoving, Odoorn
• Anna Geertruida Huiskens, Herveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• ..... Zonneveld
• Kruithof, Almelo († 1901)
• Agnes Francisca hobbelen, Helmond († 1902)
• Andrew D. "Andy" Lux, Kelso, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1968)

• Abraham de Wilde (76), Sint Maartensdijk
• Barendina Clasina Margaretha Engelhardt (33), Den Haag
• Alphons Lambertus Maurice Odeurs (0), Borlo, België
• ARENT JAN STRONKS (43), Wisch
• Aaltje Kopper (65), Amsterdam
• Arent(D) Jan STRONKS (43), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Sinderen
• Amalia Francisca Buisson De St. Remij (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriaan Verhoeven (78), Breda
• Azubah Townsend (88)
• Kruithof (0), Almelo

• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean Étienne Valluy, French general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming († 1986)
• 1901 » Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1901 » Xavier Herbert, Australian author († 1984)
• 1902 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago († 1976)
• 1902 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin († 1937)
• 1903 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist († 1998)
• 1904 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author († 1999)
• 1905 » Joseph Cotten, American actor († 1994)

• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

• 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 » 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.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
• November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

The temperature on May 15, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%).