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• Albertus Christiaan Hoogendam, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Adrianus Soesbergen, Utrecht († 1902)
• Afko Wubbe Meijer, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) DRENTH, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) Groningen Netherlands († 1902)
• Albertus Christiaan Hoogendam, Den Haag († 1958)
• Adrianus Henricus Antonius de Brouwer, Tilburg († 1971)
• * Francisca Wilhelmina Maria van Lippen, Veldhoven
• Albertus van Ginkel, Utrecht, Utr, NL († 1903)
• Adrianus VONK, Utrecht
• Ada Mary LOWERY († 1927)

• Abraham Piller (1), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amatus Constantinus Neirynck (64), Oostende
• Aaltje Handjes (6), Amsterdam NL
• Amatus Constantinus Nierynck (64), Oostende
• Alphonsus Johannes Adrianus Verhaart (42), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Lammerdina Berendsen (73), Hummelo en Keppel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Visser (74), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrian Hackert (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Lammerdina Berendsen (75), Drempt, gem Hummelo en Keppel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Joannes Adrianus Verhaart (42), Bergen op Zoom, Gemeente Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1896 » Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian († 2010)
• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)

• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
• November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on February 16, 1902 was between -11.8 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (99%).