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• Agnes Frederica Poorter, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Wagemans, Oirschot
• Hendrik Bos, Kerkenveld
• Albert Spit
• Adrianus Mulders, Zevenbergen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Bosland, Vinkeveen en Waverveen († 1967)
• Aaltje Hendrika Naas, Zwolle († 1990)
• Albert Eefting, Ter Apelkanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 1969)
• Alida Hannaart, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriaan Mulders, Zevenbergen

• Antonia Cecilia Maeckelbergh (87), Bulskamp
• Anna Catharina Ambaum (68), Kaldenkirchen (D)
• Antje Roels van der Vaart (75), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertje Jantina Booij (0), Rotterdam
• Aalbert Oosthoek (79), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adolph van Aalten (83), Huissen
• Aart de Knegt (6), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Gerardus Roos (84), Den Haag
• Alphons Seraphin Van de Wiele (1), Stekene, B
• Adolph van Aalten (83), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1899 » Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1970)
• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1904 » Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar († 1999)
• 1904 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author († 1987)
• 1904 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer († 1949)
• 1905 » Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet († 1978)
• 1906 » André Filho, Brazilian musician and songwriter († 1974)
• 1906 » Jim Thompson, American businessman († 1967)
• 1906 » John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist († 1978)

• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)

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.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• 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.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on March 21, 1902 was between 4.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%).