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• Antje Douwe Veenstra, Tietjerksteradeel Friesland
• Anje van der Ploeg, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1990)
• adrianus van HOUTEN, puttershoek († 1904)
• Adolphina Elisabeth Albertine van Eeden, Muara Teweh,Kalimantan (Borneo),Indonesi√´
• Aalt van Dijk, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1903)
• "Izabella Malgorzata" Marie Magdalene Antoinette Hyacinthe Josephe Luise Czartoryska, Warszawa († 1929)
• Adrianus Ritmeester, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphina Elisabeth Albertine van Eeden, Murateweh († 1992)
• Alexander Sturhoofd, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Joannes Franciscus Geuens, Balen, België

• Charles Nicolaas Lans (0), Toeban
• * Pieter van Kooten (0), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Antje Kwakkestijn (74), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hoogschagen (23), Zijpe
• Anna Aleida Wehkamp (43), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria (tweeling) Wehkamp (43), Bargeroosterveen (Emmen, NL)
• Aike Brakke (21), Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Jacobdr Hoogschagen (23), Zijpe
• Antonia Leenders (73), Nijmegen (GLD), Nederland
• Antje Douwes Veenstra (69), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)
• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
• 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)
• 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
• 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)

• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)

• 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.
• 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 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.

The temperature on August 17, 1902 was between 11.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).