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• * Albertus Hazendonk, Vianen († 1982)
• Anna Maria van Goudoever, Utrecht
• Adrianus Baks
• Anna Maria Antonia Schevers, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands († 1992)
• Anneken Hietbrink, Almen
• Albertus Henricus Alphonsus Hintjens, Oostende († 1902)
• Adrianus Jacobus de Jongh, Raamsdonk (Wijk V, nummer 697)
• Adrianus Baks, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Afina Theresia (Fien) Veth, Heemstede († 1991)
• 00 Johanna Bogerd, Koudekerk, Zuid-Holland, NL

• Abraham Korpel (63), Alphen (akte 119)
• Aart van de Griend (33), DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Sipkes Westra (34), Tzum
• * Anna Petronella van Vugt (38), Tilburg
• Aafke Sipkes Westra (34), Tzum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alice Gould (32)
• Adriaen Wouters (87), Etten-Leur
• Adriana Sierveld (0), Haarlem
• Agnes Henriette Van Loon (73), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Dirks Vringer (61), Laren

• 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
• 1894 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist († 1961)
• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
• 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic († 1982)
• 1900 » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician († 1990)
• 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
• 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)
• 1908 » Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress († 1990)
• 1908 » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts († 1994)

• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)

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.
• January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
• 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 December 8, 1902 was between -7.2 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -5.6 °C.