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• Albert Stanley Fleck Worth, Pennsylvania, United States († 1986)
• Abraham Adrianus Johannes Reijntjes, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus Jacobus Petrus Dieben, Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Andrea Johanna van Eck, Wamel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• André Joseph MOREAU, Candes-Saint-Martin, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France († 1992)
• Adrianus Petrus Voeten, Rijsbergen († 1901)
• Alfons Vermassen, Ressegem
• Alphonsus Torfs, Herenthout († 1971)
• Adrianus Groenenboom, Rhoon
• Aleida Everdina Rosalina Gorter, Zutphen († 1921)

• Allegonda Cornelia Maria de Groot (8), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda van Mulligen (78), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Mol (79), Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)
• Allegonda Maria Cornelia de Groot (8), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Mol (79), Princenhage, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Lierop (42), Nederweert
• Annechien Grit (0), Tynaarlo Gem.Vries
• Alegonda MariaCor de Groot (8), Wateringen
• Annechien Greving (0), Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Koch (84), Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana (USA)

• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)
• 1896 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet († 1933)
• 1896 » Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin († 1993)
• 1898 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1963)
• 1899 » C. S. Forester, English novelist († 1966)
• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)

• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)

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 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

The temperature on August 27, 1901 was between 10.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (50%).