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• Adriaantje Rodenburg, Zevenhuizen
• Alida Catharina Bakker, Terschelling,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• A Kie Nio, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaltje Libbenga, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Darwinkel, Grolloo, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland († 1915)
• Alida Tromp, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Agatha Agnes van Kesteren, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Aaltje Lammerts Libbenga, Amersfoort
• Alphonsus_Petrus de Bruijn, Utrecht († 1987)
• Adrianus Noorlander, Rotterdam († 1904)

• Cornelis van Lelieveld (11), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anthonie van Peer (86), Harmelen
• Alida Maria Jarman (63), Bloemendaal
• Catharina Johanna van der Aa
• Albert Bults (84), Eelde (Drenthe)
• Derk Willem Leunck (70), Nijbroek (gem.Voorst)
• Andreas van Gastel (98), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe (NL)
• Bauke de JONG (81), Heech, Súdwest Fryslân, Fryslân, Netherlands 8621
• Cornelia van Velzen
• Antonius Josephus Hubertus Raetschelders (0), Maaseik

• 1897 » Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author († 1980)
• 1898 » Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress († 1981)
• 1902 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress († 1972)
• 1902 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist († 1980)
• 1903 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach († 1983)
• 1904 » A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author († 1963)
• 1904 » Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic († 1981)
• 1905 » Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire († 1993)
• 1905 » Jan Gies, Dutch activist († 1993)
• 1906 » James Brooks, American painter and educator († 1992)

• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)

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.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

The temperature on October 18, 1902 was between 5.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).