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• Albert Jan VAN DER LENDE, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Willem Jacobus (Arie) van der Sluijs, Rotterdam († 1975)
• Aaltje Hendrika Hemmink, Ambt Almelo
• Aaltje Katgert, Zwollekerspel
• Agatha Petronella Anthonia van der Velde, Wassenaar
• Albert Siebrens Walsweer, Britswerd, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Alberta Toorneman, Hengelo
• Adriaan Henrij Maria Cohen, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Slingeberg, Hoogeveen, Drente,NL († 1902)
• van Seventer, zuidland († 1902)

• Lanooij (0), Sint Annaland
• Anna Maria Helena Tekelenburg (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Ketting (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Koekkoek (78), Dussen, Nederland
• Adriaan Kurvers (74)
• Albert Jan Tijssen (0), Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Baten (66), Woerden
• Albertus Cornelis Janus (0), Haarlem
• Anna Maggeltje Wagemans (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Knaap (75), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)
• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)
• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)
• 1915 » Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer († 1986)

• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

• 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 » "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.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

The temperature on February 24, 1902 was between 1.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).