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• Anna Wilhelmina van Lieshout, Heemskerk († 1990)
• Adriana van Veen, Zuilichem
• Anna Jozefina Maria Somers, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• "Sophie" Marie Franziska Antonia Ignatia Alberta von Habsburg-Lothringen, château de Konopiste, Benesov, Tchéquie († 1990)
• Aloijsius Maria Josef Matthijsse, Tilburg († 1954)
• Antoinetta Maria Christina Raets, Maaseik (B)
• Aleida Maria Johanna Hoogvelt, Haarlem
• Albert Brouwer, Brummen, Nederland
• Aafke De Vries, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Pietronella van Willigen († 1971)

• Adrianus Overes (74), Oudshoorn
• Anna Jacobs Bos (73), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelis van Beelen (0)
• Adrianus van Santvoort (49), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Overes (74), Oudshoorn
• Dina Jacoba Treijtel (52), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van de Kamp (0), Arnhem
• Anna Geertruida van Deemster (71), Groningen
• Catharina Hartoog (83), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Beelen (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)
• 1904 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1977)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)
• 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
• 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author († 1998)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (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.
• January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• 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.
• January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

The temperature on July 24, 1901 was between 10.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%).