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• Alida Hermina Maria Anna Bleekemolen, Amsterdam († 1987)
• Adrianus Antonius Josephus Peeters, Hilvarenbeek († 1991)
• Angelina Gabriella Marien, Merksem
• Alfred Gideon de Booij
• Aart Albertsma
• Alfred de Booij, Buitenzorg, Indonesië († 1997)
• Romeijn, ottoland (zuid holland)
• Adrianus Vermeulen, Waarder, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Konijn, Sint Pancras, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Alexander Benjamin

• adriaantje LEENTVAAR (60), barendrecht
• adriaan Denissen (38), roosendaal
• Aaltje Aleida Bijkerk (4), Losser
• Adolphina Maria Antonia Nauwelaerts (63), Lier, België
• Abraham ANDRIESSE (78), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Abraham van der Klooster (67), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lowes (29), Valthermond (Odoorn)
• Adrianus van den Nieuwenhuijzen (0), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van der KLOOSTER Jzn (67), Goes, NL-ZE
• Albert Boon (0), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland

• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)
• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)

• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

• 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.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• 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.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on May 29, 1901 was between 7.9 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (74%).