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• Aagje Schröder, Amsterdam († 1991)
• Aaltje Blauw, Hoorn, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Catharina van Dijk, Halsteren († 1968)
• Aafke BOUWMAN, Helpman (Haren) Groningen Netherlands († 1901)
• Anna Clasina Numeijer, Rotterdam († 1958)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Vangangelt, Maastricht (Sint Pieter) (Limburg)
• Alida Middelkamp, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertus Deters, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Jan Bayens
• Adriana Jansen, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland

• Adriaantje Maria Kranenburg (0), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Susanna van de Wetering (62), rotterdam
• Adriana Jacoba Sassen (0), De Hoef, gemeente Mijdrecht
• Albertien Vennik (72), Smilde
• Bottje Botes Nijdam (76), Tjerkwerd, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Collie Orr Bonner (0), Eureka, Navarro County, Texas
• Aaltje Schakelaar (0), Oldebroek (Molecaten),, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Leenderts van der Eijk (76), Delft
• Anna Gertrudis Donners (82), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Alida van Oostveen (4), Amsterdam

• 1893 » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1893 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1895 » Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar († 1973)
• 1897 » Milt Franklyn, American composer († 1962)
• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)

• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)

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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• 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 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The temperature on September 16, 1901 was between 6.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%).