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• Albert Hendrik Schoonebeek, Almelo
• de Jonge, Exloërmond (Odoorn) († 1902)
• Alida Johanna Elisabeth van der Valk, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Cornelia Antonia Maria * Adrianusd Groot, Den Bosch († 1944)
• Aan Buis, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Agnes Cornelia Antonia Maria Groot, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1944)
• Adriana Wattez, 's-Gravenhage († 1970)
• Alfons Werelds, Balen, België († 1903)
• Agnes de VOOGD Adr
• Aijolt Kok, Scheemda († 1977)

• Adriana Verschuren (75), Tilburg
• Albertje Albertus Schelhaas (47), Armour, Douglas Co., South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Aalbert Worst (78), Nijkerk
• Albertha Oelen (4), Sibculo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alwine Catharina Auguste Keune (69), Grieth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Huberta Donders (70), Tilburg
• Alida Helena Riemer (7), Nijkerk
• Amandina Esther Haeck (0), Oostende
• Albert Bloemen (80)
• Anna Rietberg (23), Zwollerkerspel (Gem. Zwolle)

• 1898 » Irene Dunne, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1898 » Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1899 » Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician († 1981)
• 1900 » Lissy Arna, German film actress († 1964)
• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)
• 1905 » Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1992)

• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

• 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.
• April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 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 20, 1902 was between 2.1 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (61%).