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• Adrianus Arnoldus Hubertus van de Heuvel, Gouda († 1964)
• Aaltje Koster, Schutstreek, Hoogeveen
• Albertus Hendrikus Josephus te Riele, Deventer († 1903)
• Albertus Hendrikus Scholten, Lutten a d Dedemsvaart († 1984)
• Angela Zuidinga, Emmen NL († 1955)
• Alida Adriana de Jong, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Dubbelman, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1903)
• Albertje Witte, Eursinge,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1903)
• Anna Cornelia Josephina Deckers, Heythuijsen
• Anna Coleta Wuytack, Hulst, Nederland († 1978)

• Antonius Josephus van Strijp (0), Heusden, Nederland
• Anthonie Willem Jonkheer van Borselen van der Hooge (73), Huize De Oorsprong, Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Beenen (63), Westervoort, Gelderland, Netherlands
• """Johann""" Josef Calasanz Khoss von Sternegg (80), Wien
• Hoekstra (0)
• Bastiaan Pieter de Geus Van Den Heuvel (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Terpstra (43), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Engelen (54), Leuth, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anton Willem Jhr. van Borssele (73), h. Oorsprong
• Carolina Boksman (84), Monster (ZH-NLD)

• 1897 » Jackson Scholz, American runner († 1986)
• 1900 » Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer († 1987)
• 1904 » George Brent, Irish-American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor († 1985)
• 1905 » Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge († 1944)
• 1907 » Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer († 1981)
• 1909 » Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová, Czech painter († 1986)
• 1912 » Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1912 » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
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. Hendrika
9. Catharina
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.
• January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
• February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.

The temperature on March 15, 1903 was between 2.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%).