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• Alphonsus Matheus Geyskens, Tessenderlo († 1904)
• Albert MAAT, Weststellingwerf († 1947)
• Alice van Engelenhoven, Marion County († 1943)
• Anna van Duijn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dekker, Wildervank, Gron, Neth († 1984)
• Antonia Slettering, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Dekker, Wildervank (gem. Veendam) († 1984)
• Adriaan Bezemer, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Andries KARBAAT, Zaandam
• Adriana Geertruida Woerdenbagch, Vlissingen

• Alle Smallenbroek (78), Leek
• Anna Adriana van Pelt (75), Brielle
• Berendina Leuthoff (0), Groningen (Nld), Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonia Wilhelmina van Pelt (1), Haarlemmermeer
• Barbara Braun (79), Leonberg,, Baden Wurttemberg, Duitsland
• Antonetta Swanenberg (27), Rosmalen
• Albert Bingman (19), Groningen
• Arie Anthonie Overwater (78), Strijen
• Aaltje Elgersma (0), Wonseradeel
• Antonie Egberts Maathuis (99), Sappemeer (Groningen, Netherlands)

• 1898 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal († 1960)
• 1899 » Arthur Q. Bryan, American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality († 1959)
• 1899 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1899 » Jacques Heim, French fashion designer († 1967)
• 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
• 1903 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator († 1984)
• 1904 » John Snagge, English journalist († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader († 1965)

• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

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.
• March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• 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.

The temperature on May 8, 1901 was between 3.3 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%).