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• Agnes Josephien Marie Wakkers, Djokjakarta († 1975)
• Adrianus Gerritsen, Haart (Aalten), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Koster, Haarlem
• Kuijt, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Dubbelman, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Klapwijk, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2000)
• Adriaan Dubbelman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons [politieagent] Stalpaert, Aalst, OVld, Be († 1953)
• Adrianus Franciscus van den Akker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Cornelis Bernardus Baggerman, 's Gravenhage

• Westgeest, Zwammerdam
• Agnes Scott (56), Twizell Boat House, Norham, Northumberland, England
• Albertus Wilkens (71), Groningen
• Aagje Berkhout (25), Assendelft NH NL
• Ann Hughes (71), Clonoe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• Adriana van de Werken (90), Zuilichem, Nederland
• Adrianus Bezemer (1), Zwijndrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Anna van der Stroom (68), Hagestein
• Anthonij Bun (66), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Son (63), Tilburg

• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author († 1960)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)
• 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1966)
• 1905 » Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator († 1960)
• 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
• 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)

• 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 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
• April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
• November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

The temperature on January 17, 1902 was between 5.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C.