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• Adriana van Gaalen, Monster
• Adriana Johanna Maria Tangel, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Theodora Johanna Rutten, Amersfoort, Utr, NL
• Adrianus Johannes de Brandt, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Aleida Huberdina Bongers, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Albertina Petronella van Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom
• Adriaan Gijsbertus Wagensveld, Middelburg († 1969)
• Adriaan Jacobus Eschbach, Rotterdam († 1967)
• Adriana van Gaalen, Monster
• Adriaantje WESTERVELD, Rotterdam

• Blasingame Jr Hagerty (57), Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama, United States
• Bernardus (Berend) Reuvers (56), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barber de Haan (76), Utrecht
• Adrianus Boudewijns, Rucphen, Nederland
• Aaltje Willemina Stevens (60), Oss, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bene Ploeg, van der (61), Godlinze
• Adriana van den Heuvel (0), Schijndel
• Adriana Adams (61), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Adams (61), Goirle
• Aaltje Koerts Klokker (83), Dwingeloo

• 1895 » Zog I of Albania († 1961)
• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
• March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
• 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.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

The temperature on October 8, 1902 was between 4.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C.