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• Anna Catharina Helena van de Vorst, Weert († 1989)
• Aldegonda Hendrica (Gonny) BECKS, Baarlo (NL/LI) († 1903)
• Adriaan Verhage, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, NL († 1968)
• Agatha Maria Spruit, Egmond Binnen, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriana Christina Krijt, 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Kooij, Amsterdam († 1990)
• Ane Anskes Stapersma, IJlst, Gem. IJlst, Friesland, Nederland († 1982)
• Berend Luchies, Oosterhesselen († 1945)
• Anna Cornelia Vermunt, Oud Gastel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Maria Geuens, Mol, België

• Arnolda Dina Elisabeth Jacoba Johanna Bronsgeest (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• VAN DER LAAN ABRAHAM (58), LEIDEN
• Aafje Huiberts
• Arnolda Dina Elisabeth Jacoba Bronsgeest (0), Leiden
• Aartje Versteegt (67), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Pijper (0), Blijham gem. Wedde
• Aalbert van de Logt (78), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham de Roo (78), De Lier
• Abraham de Roo (78), De Lier
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Willemsen (1), Huissen

• 1897 » Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer († 1941)
• 1897 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico († 1955)
• 1899 » Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician and academic († 1986)
• 1900 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator († 1984)
• 1903 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange († 1936)
• 1904 » Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator († 1997)
• 1905 » Al Bates, American long jumper († 1999)
• 1905 » Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic († 1989)
• 1906 » Mimi Smith, English nurse († 1991)
• 1906 » William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster († 1946)

• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)

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.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• 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 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on April 24, 1902 was between 2.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%).