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• Andries van Ekeren, Steenbergen († 1903)
• Alphonsus Maria Bernardus te Wiel, Groot Azewijn, Nederland
• Alberto do Nascimento, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Reit, Vriescheloo († 1983)
• Hubregtse, Middelburg († 1902)
• Anna Maria Keunen, Deurne († 1902)
• Aaltje Glastra, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriana van Nieuwenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltien Haddering, Buinen Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1902)
• Adriana Johanna Orgers, Hellevoetsluis

• Adriana van Schie (71), Vlaardingen
• Anthonia Jacomina Elenbaas (0), St. Annaland
• Antje Johannes (Anna) van der Schaaf (82), Driesum, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Alphen (71), Rheden
• Antje Johannes van der SCHAAF (82), Driesum, Dantumadiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Anna Johannes van der Schaaf (82), Driesum
• Anna Florus (77), Chaam
• Anne Catharina ROGGELS (61), Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Baalhuis (71), Denekamp, Overijssel, Nederland
• Hubregtse (0), Middelburg

• 1896 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic († 1955)
• 1897 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman († 1961)
• 1901 » Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter († 1967)
• 1901 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author († 1988)
• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

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.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
• 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 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

The temperature on May 11, 1902 was between 2.5 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%).