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• Adriaan LOBBEZOO, Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Antonius Rats, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Ana Petry, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1975)
• Anna Moonen, Voerendaal,, Limburg, Nederland († 1974)
• Adrianus Leonardus van Orsouw, Oss, Nederland († 1977)
• Anna Aaltina Engberts, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Slood)
• Anna Engbert
• Adriana Wilhelmina van der Coer, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Wijntje Paulina Sloof, Utrecht, Utrecht, nederland († 2004)
• Albert Jan Abbink, Hengelo, 7255, Nederland

• Catharina Adriana Munk (42), Utrecht
• Alida Johanna Harinck (85), Amsterdam
• (Stillborn) CLUTE (0), Indiana U.S.A
• Berent Otten (53), Kuinre
• Adeline TORRENGA (0)
• Anthonie Cornelis Clement (0), Wissenkerke
• Brechtje de Vries (27), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hooven van den (1), Cromvoirt
• Anna Maria Josepha Offermans (71), Kerkrade
• Bernardus den Braber (25), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)
• 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)
• 1903 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist († 1972)
• 1904 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)

• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)

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 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.

The temperature on August 7, 1902 was between 14.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%).