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• Griffioen, Veur († 1901)
• Aaltje Hartingsveld, Rotterdam
• Aafke Ruygh, Hollum, Ameland († 1995)
• Adriana Geense, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Lijn, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Zandvliet, Aalsmeer († 1978)
• Anna de Raaij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anke Hoekstra († 1986)
• Anna Maria Zandvliet, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie L Shaw, Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten

• Albertus Gelderblom (50), Bodegraven
• Antonetta Petronella Janssen (0), Wijchen
• Aafje van 't Hof (51), Bovenkarspel
• Adriaan de Graaf (17), Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje van 't Hoff (51), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Sintilla Neil (26), Nicholas, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Verhoof (74), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Alois Vergote, Westrozebeke,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriaan de Graaf (17), Dreischor (17jr)
• Anna Geldermans (62), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Eugénie Brazier, French chef († 1977)
• 1897 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1977)
• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1899 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 1968)
• 1902 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent († 1973)
• 1905 » Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player († 1988)
• 1906 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet († 1977)
• 1908 » Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster († 1988)
• 1908 » Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer († 1975)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

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.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• 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 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

The temperature on June 12, 1901 was between 8.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%).