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• Alberdina Kroon, Emmer Compascuum
• Alida Lunstroo, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Adriana Maria Theodora Kuipers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Danenberg, Heerhugowaard
• Albertus Gerhardus Heutink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Lunstroo, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Aafje Nater, Delft († 1902)
• Alberdina Kroon, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriana (Sjaan) Robert, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Adriana van der Linden, Oud-Beijerland

• Anthonie Bolier (72), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruijda Jager de (46), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Mortel (0), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Erven (69), Goirle
• van Eldik (0), Hatert
• Alexander Beresford Gordon-Duff (0), Moray, Scotland
• Antonius van Rooij (0), Zeelst
• Anna Marina Kievit (2), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Voskes (0), Lemele
• Alberdientje Timmer (0)

• 1898 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter († 1972)
• 1900 » Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer († 1967)
• 1900 » Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician († 1978)
• 1901 » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author († 1945)
• 1901 » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1901 » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic († 1989)
• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1906 » Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician († 1983)
• 1907 » Hayes Alvis, American bassist († 1972)
• 1907 » Kate Smith, American singer and actress († 1986)

• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)

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.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on May 1, 1902 was between 3.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%).