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• van Oort, Rotterdam († 1903)
• Agnes Anna Maria Van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch
• ADRIANA CATHARINA LIEDERMOOIJ, ROTTERDAM († 1947)
• Albert Jans Hulleman, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1988)
• Adriaan de Visser, 's-Heer Arendskerke (Goes), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus de Glas, Terheijden († 1991)
• Aaltje de Weerdt, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Alberdina Struik, Gemeente Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1989)
• Agnes Elizabeth Lefarth, Cape Girardeau, Mo († 1978)
• Aaltje Bernard, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• Adriana Kokken (62), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Aagje Plokker (73), Katwijk
• Annie M CRAM (30), Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
• Alois Schickelgruber Hitler (65), Leonding, Linz-Land Bezirk, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Austria
• Alois Hitler Sr. (65), ) Linz, Oberösterreich, Austria (Lung hemorrhage)
• (stillborn daughter) van DIJK (0), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Anna Cornelia Daems (63), Terneuzen
• Adriana Verheul (24), Papendrecht
• Alois Schicklgruber (65), Leonding (Linz-Land, Oberösterreich)
• Aagje Stavast

• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
• 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)
• 1909 » Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor († 2000)
• 1910 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager († 2000)

• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
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 5.3 million citizens.
• February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on January 3, 1903 was between 4.8 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%).