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• Adriana de NOOIJER, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Stalenhoef, Amersfoort
• Alida Bruin, Wognum († 1970)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Christina Moor, Den Haag
• Adriana van ROOSENDAAL († 1978)
• * Jaapje van Eck, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Aagje Zondervan, Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Alida Bruin, Wognum († 1970)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria van Ettinger, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Adrianus Johannes van Zutven, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1902)

• Adrianus Muskens (80), Oudheusden en Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auktje NIELAND (0), Oldehove Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus Bruyninckx (0), Antwerpen (België)
• Berend van Bolhuis (56), Obergum, gem. Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Boks (0), Lieren, Nederland
• Antonia Bolier (79), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Amanda Bird (79)
• Baukjen Harmens Dousma (70), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustinus Johannes van den Berg (23)
• Berber Klazes Mulder (30), Drachten

• 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer († 1943)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1901 » Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician († 1951)
• 1903 » Billie Dove, American actress († 1997)
• 1904 » Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator († 1973)
• 1904 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist († 1961)

• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)

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 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 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
• 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 May 14, 1902 was between -0.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (51%).