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• Aaltje Potgieter, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Katuin, Vriescheloo († 1903)
• Alberdina Twilhaar, Almelo
• Andrew Herbert DUNHAM, London, Middlesex, England († 1967)
• Abraham van Schaik, Middelburg († 1903)
• Adriaan Hazelaar, Wilp
• van Montfoort, Vreeswijk († 1903)
• (Nelly) Petronella Maria Jacobs, Ewijk († 1985)
• Allegonda Anna Swaagstra, Amsterdam {NH} († 1998)
• Verweij, Leerdam († 1903)

• Alberta Muis Gortworst (52), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, V.S
• Aldegonde HEYNEN (41), Sint Odiliënberg
• Andries de Haard (1), Beek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Bertha Maria Hapke (0), Schöninghsdorf, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• - Becks (0), Arnhem
• Albertus Katuin (0), Vriescheloo
• Aleida Schreuder (72), Stad Almelo
• Antonia Bommel van (61), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Senders (63), Duizel en Steensel
• Adrianus Wolf (1), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1899 » Arthur Q. Bryan, American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality († 1959)
• 1899 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1899 » Jacques Heim, French fashion designer († 1967)
• 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
• 1903 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator († 1984)
• 1904 » John Snagge, English journalist († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader († 1965)
• 1906 » Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1977)

• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
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).
• March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• 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.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• 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.

The temperature on May 8, 1903 was between 2.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%).