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• Albertus Andreas Gerardus Doorenbosch, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albertus Andreas Gerardus Doorenbosch, Sloten (Noord-Holland) († 1984)
• Aaltje Molenberg, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Cornelis Franciscus van Loon, Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltje Molenberg, Groningen († 1981)
• Abraham van der Velden († 1974)
• Albert Knol, Steenwijk
• Abraham Herresz Miedema, Almenum, fr.nld († 1977)
• Adriana van Laar, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Adriana Antonia Johanna Winter, Den Bosch, Noordbrabant, Nederland

• Antonie Marinus van Santen (3), Vrijenban, Delft
• Anna Margaretha Smolders (78), Broeksittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Vermeulen (29), Rotterdam
• Alida van den Hazel (0), Amersfoort,Gemeente Amersfoort,Utrecht,Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina Dieteren (0), Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Gatignon (8), Wittem-Nijswiller, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijmolt (2), jukwerd/appingedam
• ANNA MARIA PARDAANS (82), GRAAUW EN LANGENDAM, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje JAK (33), Krommenie
• Allene Kittrell [K ||| FgqggMmSCBu] (1), Bamberg County, South Carolina

• 1899 » John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict († 1983)
• 1900 » Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer († 1994)
• 1900 » Bernhard Rensch, German evolutionary biologist († 1990)
• 1900 » Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director († 1965)
• 1900 » Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Spanish Cardinal († 1971)
• 1901 » Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1903 » Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter († 1945)
• 1903 » William Lyon, American film editor († 1974)
• 1904 » John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player († 1997)
• 1904 » Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer († 1984)

• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)

• 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 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
• 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.
• 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 21, 1902 was between 7.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C.