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• Andries Petrus Zwager, Amsterdam († 1935)
• Abraham van Hulst, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaldert Pol, Rotterdam
• Albertje DE HAAN, Spijk gem. Bierum († 1980)
• Albert Strijker, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Krakeel) († 1902)
• Albert Tjoonk, Noordink
• Andreas Huizinga, Bedum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland († 1902)
• Albertje de Haan († 1980)
• Andries Hermanus Menko, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1903)
• Aaltje Bakker, Urk († 1941)

• Anna Maria Christina Gerritsen (59), Den Haag
• Abraham de Vries (38), Soerabaija
• Abraham de Vries (38), Soerabaja, Indonesia
• Adriana Schaddelee (0), Werkendam (Altena)
• Adranus Petrus Luijsterburg (20), Roosendaal
• Abraham Lissauer (67), Amsterdam
• Annechien Alberts Kloeze (70), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Kempers (44), Arnhem, Nederland
• Adriaan Liempt van (69)
• Annigje Maria Bogaard (63), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

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.
• 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.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 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.

The temperature on February 17, 1902 was between -8.6 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (72%).