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• Abraham de Jager, Culemborg
• * Karel Herman Sinnema, Rotterdam
• "Fernande" Marie Emilie Gabrielle Hildegarde Colette Ghislaine de Goussencourt, Brasschaat, Belgique († 1980)
• Adriana Wolvers, Uden († 1984)
• ? Maijstre, Rotterdam
• Alberta van Dijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert F. LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT, Illinois U.S.A († 1981)
• Aleida Gerharda Pennings, Aalten (GL) († 1903)
• Alle Trinusz Boonstra, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alle Trinus BOONSTRA, Woudsend, Friesland, Nederland († 1931)

• Agnes Smejkal (64), Vienna, Austria
• Annegien Zondag (76), Hoogezand
• Adriana Vernou (88), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Annegien Zondag (76), Hoogezand, Nederland
• Betsie Soep (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Casparus van Dijk (70), Batenburg
• Alusius Doppegieter (53), Terneuzen
• Albert Husted (70), Hartley, O'Brien, IA
• Catharina van Wijnen (92), Gameren
• Bertus Frankema (0), Lemmer

• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)
• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)

• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

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.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• 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 29, 1902 was between 10.1 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%).