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• Aaltje Van Der Neut, Breukelen-St. Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland († 1988)
• (Stillborn) SOLDAAT, Oldehove Groningen Netherlands († 1902)
• Aagje Dam, Leiden († 1969)
• Adriaan Ridderhof, Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agnes JOHNEN, Glimbach (D) († 1960)
• Adriana Cornelia Havermans, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Hoekstra, ,, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Aimé Ermel, Hornu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adrianus Hubertus van Amsterdam, Hazerswoude († 1972)
• Adrianus van den Boom, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)

• Catharina Allegonda Marselis (71), Rotterdam
• Anna Durge (40), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van BREDERODE (55), Den Helder
• Christiaan Scheid (66), Warmenhuizen
• Alida Willemina van der Touw (67), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Coenraad Velders (64), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) SOLDAAT (0), Oldehove Groningen Netherlands
• Anne Kirstine Hansen (45), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Albert Arends (0), Oranjedorp
• "Henri" François Jean Paul Iweins d'Eeckhoutte (65), Ypres, Belgique

• 1899 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1940)
• 1901 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1982)
• 1902 » Roy Goodall, English footballer († 1982)
• 1904 » William Heynes, English engineer († 1989)
• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1905 » Jule Styne, English-American composer († 1994)
• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)

• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)

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.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• 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.
• May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• 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 31, 1902 was between 0.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C.