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• Adolphus Polfliet, Bornem († 1974)
• Angelita Herrera, Jiménez, Coahuila, México († 1944)
• - Exaltus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriana Jacoba van Merrienboer, Dinteloord
• Aagje Johanna Rijneveld, Moordrecht († 1976)
• Agatha Maria Postma, Amsterdam († 1975)
• Booij, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1901)
• Alexis Joseph Andreas Hillebrant, Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Alfons Van Imschoot, Wetteren († 1901)
• Adrianus de GROOT, Lieshout († 1983)

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• Aaltje Kievit (69), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bernardus van der Linden (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonet van Susteren (71), Beers
• Aaltje Ferwerda (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Barbera Bouter (0), Streefkerk
• Antonius Cornelis Hameleers (0), Maastricht
• Anna Maria a Campo (64), Spaubeek, Nederland
• Antonette F. Thuss (0), Karnap, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Antonius Cornelis Hameleers (0), Maastricht

• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

The temperature on August 15, 1901 was between 13.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%).