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• Albert Jan Weggelhorst, Laren († 1903)
• Abraham van der Ent, Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Anselmus Joachim Antonius Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer
• Andries Bakker, Garderen, Gld, Nederland
• Anna Maria (2) Schotborgh, Willemstad, Curaçao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Adriaan Floris Simon Wissekerke, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1961)
• Albertus Bastiaan, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1972)
• Andrew Bogaards, Davis County, Iowa († 1985)
• Alan Utter Parsell, Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Agatha Maria Nieuwersteeg, Utrecht († 1902)

• Adriana Klazina KNEGT, de (67), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertdina Mars (77), Haarle (Hellendoorn)
• Adrianus Marinus de Heus (17), Culemborg (GL)
• Antonia Maria van Amstel (60), Hagestein
• Adriana Katharina Boogaart (60), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aubrey Thomas de Vere (88)
• Andries Staal (47), Krabbendijke, NL
• Barbara Josepha Nuijten (0), Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Jans Wiegman (57), Vohwinkel (Dld)
• Adriana Wit de (40), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1896 » George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1996)
• 1898 » U Razak, Burmese educator and politician († 1947)
• 1899 » Clarice Cliff, English potter († 1972)
• 1899 » Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer († 1990)
• 1900 » Colin Clive, English actor († 1937)
• 1900 » Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist († 1983)
• 1902 » Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 1920)
• 1902 » Leon Ames, American actor († 1993)
• 1906 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate († 1975)
• 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)

• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)

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.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• 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.
• June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
• 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 20, 1902 was between 1.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C.