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• Adriana Kraan, Amersfoort
• Aaltje Cornelia van der Griend, Heinenoord († 1996)
• Albert DE PAEPE, Mouscron, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique († 1970)
• Albert Bokslag, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Alfred Lionel (..man) Zimmermann, Chefoo, Shandong, China († 1973)
• Aagje Kaaijk, Zaandam († 1982)
• * Anna Klaziena Lagewaard, Rotterdam († 1961)
• Albert Levi COOPER, Sheringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom († 1994)
• Anna Catharina Wolbertus, Amsterdam Noord Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Aaltje Keur, Zandvoort († 1906)

• Doodgeboren Dochter van Der Sluijs (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk de Knijp (82), Rotterdam
• Arendina Johanna van Bregt (2), Deventer
• Berendina Swittink (63), Zierikzee
• Antonia Vogelaar (0), Rotterdam
• Dood geboren dochter Hamers (0), Tilburg
• Bernardus den den Braber (29), Nieuw Beijerland, Belgie
• Bertus Kater (32)
• doodgeboren dochter van der Sluijs (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pöttker (0), Tinnen, Haren (Ems)

• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)
• 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)
• 1901 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1902 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)
• 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)
• 1909 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1977)
• 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)

• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)

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 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• 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.
• December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

The temperature on August 8, 1902 was between 11.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%).