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• Anna Paulina Palte, Rotterdam
• Amandina Esther Haeck, Oostende († 1902)
• Aartje Foppen, Harderwijk († 1903)
• Anna Petronella van den Bosch, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands
• Adriaantje van `t Hof, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Bloois, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• André Antoine BOURGOIS, Izegem
• Andries de Vries, Driesum († 1969)
• Anna Maria Martina Smulders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Paffen, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1909)

• Adriana VISSER (65), Rotterdam
• Andries Westenbrugge van (81), Sint-Phillipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Schaap (0)
• Anna Robs (79), Princenhage
• ANDRIES van WESTENBRUGGE (81), SINT PHILIPSLAND
• Antje ten Zeldam (0), Hengelo
• Aaltje Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) (37), Driebergen, Nederland
• Anthonie HEUSINKVELD (75), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Westendorp
• Adriaan Vis (55), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sipma (7), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1894 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician († 1974)
• 1896 » Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter († 1983)
• 1897 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1933)
• 1900 » Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1900 » Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss († 1970)
• 1901 » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1966)
• 1903 » Jane Arbor, English author († 1994)
• 1906 » Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services († 2003)
• 1909 » Józef Noji, Polish runner († 1943)

• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)

• 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 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 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 September 8, 1902 was between 7.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (73%).