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• Alberdina van KOOTEN, Dordrecht
• Adrianus Jager, Arnhem
• Albertus van de Goot, Kootwijkerbroek (Barneveld) († 1902)
• Kracht, Garnwerd (Ezinge) Gem Winsum († 1902)
• Adrian de Nijs, Menglinhausen (Duitsland)
• Albertus van de Goot, Kootwijkerbroek († 1902)
• Abraham van der Wel, Monster († 1975)
• Agathe Willink, Zeist († 1977)
• Adrianus Martinus van den Abbeele, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Adrianus Raaijmakers, Oosterhout († 1982)

• Andries Oebels Hoekstra (62), Giekerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonij Kamphuis Olde Bee (78), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Snel (74), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius van den Tillaar (0), Sint-Oedenrode
• Adriaantje Ypes Wiersma (29), Tirns, Friesland, Nederland
• Amanda Fredriksdotter Pekkari (34), Norrbotten, Sweden
• Kracht (0), Garnwerd (Ezinge) Gem Winsum
• Adrianus Dielissen, Waalwijk
• Andries Oebles Hoekstra (62), Giekerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus de Wildt (61), Linden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)

• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

• 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 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• 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 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on January 31, 1902 was between -1.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (22%).