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• Albert Wierbos, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1972)
• Wolter Wouterus Van Winssen, Rotterdam († 1902)
• Anna Heins Bouma, Bergum
• Anna Bouma, Hardegarijp († 1985)
• Anna Maria Akkermans, Dongen (Dongen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Aaltje Pothoven, Amersfoort
• Alicia Maria De Schrijver, Denderleeuw, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Albert Louis Schaderon, Antwerpen († 1960)
• "Marie" Henriette Jeanne Boulard de Gatellier, château de Béost, Vonnas, Ain, France († 1981)
• Albert de Koning, Werkendam († 1974)

• Berend Kamphuis (57), Arriën, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arendina Kers (85), Voorst
• Cornelia van der Knijf (91), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christian Erik Henrik Bendiksen (63)
• Arij Trees (61), Rotterdam
• Anneke van Labrie (51), Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Nieuwland (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis de Kooning (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Bregtje BEUKEMA (80), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Kamphuis (57), Arriën

• 1895 » Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1900 » Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments († 2003)
• 1902 » Dutch Schultz, American gangster († 1935)
• 1903 » Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist († 1999)
• 1904 » Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach († 1993)
• 1904 » Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer († 1970)
• 1906 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist († 1984)
• 1908 » Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander († 1997)
• 1908 » Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator († 1941)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)

• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)

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 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.
• November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on August 6, 1902 was between 7.7 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).