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• Aagje Barends, Zwijndrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Akke Tjitske Blaauw, Drachten († 1984)
• van de Schoot, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Cornelia Eilander, Epe, Nederland
• Alberta Cornelia EILANDER, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna VERBURG, Benschop († 1996)
• Alida van IJperen, Vianen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Pos, Utrecht († 1976)
• Adriaan Willem Hollestelle, Tilburg († 1958)
• Adrian Clyde Bennett, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1991)

• Albert Tijmes (75), Allegan, VS
• Abraham den Haan (0), Leiden
• Albertus Hofstede (82), Olst, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika van der Reijken (0), Delft
• Alfred Todd (92)
• Arie Zier Spaans (76), Scheveningen
• adriana hendrickx (80), helden
• Ardina van Stiphout (73), Heesch
• Antje Hoogstraaten (3), Rotterdam
• Antje Taekes van der Ploeg (81)

• 1899 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka († 1959)
• 1900 » Dorothy Adams, American character actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist († 1982)
• 1902 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic († 1987)
• 1902 » Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician († 1988)
• 1904 » Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer († 1948)
• 1904 » Tampa Red, American guitarist and songwriter († 1981)
• 1905 » Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle († 1997)
• 1905 » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet († 1988)
• 1906 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter († 1969)

• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)

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.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
• December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on January 8, 1903 was between 5.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%).