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• Adriana Trijntje van Dijk, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Wagtmans, Sint Willebrord († 1973)
• Anna maria van Kuik, Nieuwkuijk († 2000)
• Anna Paulus HOEKEMA, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adriana VIJFVINKEL, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, PAYS-BAS († 1901)
• Albert Kielman, Musselkanaal († 1902)
• Anna Hendrika Mol, Bolsward
• - Scheerder, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1901)
• Adrianus van Well, Dubbeldam, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• Amy Isabell Elton, Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah († 1988)

• Anna Maria Putz (45), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
• Catharina Adriana de Ruiter (0), IJsselmonde
• Cornelis Nout (79), Waardenburg
• Cândida Rosa da Silva (81), Franca, São Paulo, Brasil
• Catharina Elisabeth Albers (52), Papenburg. Emsland
• Allegonda de Graauw (61), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Beemsterboer (2), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Cornelia van Es (35), Bodegraven ZH Holland
• - Scheerder (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien van der Laan (14), Zuidbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)

• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)
• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)

• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)

• 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 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• 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 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

The temperature on June 8, 1901 was between 7.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%).