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• Aart BERGAKKER, vuren († 1920)
• Anna de Winkel, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Albertus Admiraal, Antwerpen (Belgie) († 1972)
• Bolink, Notter, gemeente Wierden († 1902)
• Annie Bouwkamp, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1903)
• Adriana Maria van der Stel 13-09-1904, Nederland
• Anna Waasdorp, Alkemade († 1975)
• Anna Waasdorp, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Albert van der Eijk, Vlissingen
• Albartus Verbeek, Paasloo († 1969)

• Anna Maria Zwanenberg (58), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Oele (73), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelius Josephus Ba(e)ten (66), Rijen
• Adriana Oele (73), Wissenkerke, Nederland
• Adrianus Moerkerken (0)
• Alice Frances TREVELYAN (DUGDALE)
• Aaltje Jansen (0), Renkum
• Adrianus Meijers (84), Tilburg
• Cornelis Goosen (77), Geertruidenberg
• Annie Chalmers Cant (6), Dundee, Angus

• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)

• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

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.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• 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.
• December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

The temperature on January 2, 1902 was between 7.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).