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• Aaltje Weiland, Opsterland
• Aafje Dorreboom, Amsterdam
• Agnes Versluis, Altenessen
• Aartje Kelderman, Taintor, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1923)
• Adeline Alma Ruge, Hahndorf, South Australia
• Albert H. Couchenour, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania († 1984)
• Smits, Tiel († 1902)
• Albert Boukema, Spijk gem. Bierum
• Alberta Zijlmans, Hengelo († 1987)
• Albertus Hendricus Hofmeester, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana de Rooij (87), Hoeven
• Aafke Sakes Booi (83), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Abi Worsley (76), Philadelphia, Jefferson, New York, United States
• Agnes Maria Stephania Lauwereins (0), Oostende
• Aafke Booi (83), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana de Rooij (87), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Verhulst (37), Kortgene
• Smits (0), Tiel
• Aafke Booi (83), Dragten
• * Lambert Meesters (62), Vlijmen

• 1901 » Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic († 1980)
• 1901 » Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader († 1974)
• 1902 » Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1902 » John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1902 » Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace († 1998)
• 1903 » Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician († 1993)
• 1903 » Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belorussian-American rabbi and philosopher († 1993)
• 1903 » Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1904 » André Leducq, French cyclist († 1980)
• 1904 » James T. Farrell, American author and poet († 1979)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

• 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 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.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on February 27, 1902 was between 0.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.6 °C.