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• Adriana Geertruid Flippo, Delft
• Abraham Adrianus Reijntjes, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Cornelis Jasperse, Scherpenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1903)
• Aleida Johanna Kock, Herwen en Aerdt
• Adriana Ariens Lagendijk, Rotterdam
• Adriana Josephina Snoeren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriana Bruinstroop, Overschie
• Luijpen, Dreumel
• Aletta Maria Heijl, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Vesters, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adriaenus Aerden (75), Wuustwezel, 2990, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Bärmann, Schwalbach am Taunus, Hessen, Deutschland
• Adrianus VAN DER WEL (61), Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND
• Anthonius de Kuijer (70), IJsselstein, ut.nld
• Antje Verweij (57), Hoogkarspel
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Verheugt (72), Rotterdam
• Amalia Louise Auguste van Gemmingen-Gemmingen (75), Hecklingen, Saksen-Anhalt
• Adriaan Jacob BRABER (0), Dubbeldam
• Anna Maria de Haas (25), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apolonia Kerste (0), Maarssen

• 1895 » J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 1972)
• 1900 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat († 1986)
• 1900 » Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor († 1990)
• 1902 » Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer († 1977)
• 1902 » Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident († 1945)
• 1904 » Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan († 1982)
• 1905 » Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist († 1981)
• 1906 » Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper († 1931)
• 1909 » Dana Andrews, American actor († 1992)

• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

The temperature on January 1, 1902 was between 7.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%).