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• Adrianus Arnoldus Antonius Bink, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1979)
• Albert Blokzijl, Heemskerk († 1983)
• Abraham Adriaan Marcus, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1981)
• Aaltje Harms Stel, Kooten († 1993)
• (Stillborn) SIKKENS, Klein Garnwerd (Winsum) Groningen Netherlands († 1903)
• Anna BUIS, Venhuizen († 1982)
• Andreas Jacobus van den Heuvel, Den Helder († 1906)
• Aaltje Eland, Ridderkerk, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1915)
• Aaltje Stel, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Berendina van Aalst, Gendringen, Nederland

• Adriana Bolleman (85), Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Bernardus (Barend) Hilbers (77), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Veltrup (0), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Bernardus Johannes Schermer (61), Wormerveer,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Angela (Engel) Eikens (Crasjan) (88), Horsten, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Alida Dorreman (44), Haarlem
• Baby Boy Cornett (0)
• Anna Angelina, Engeline Eikens (88), Horsten gem. Onstwedde
• Anna Cornelia Bernarda den Braber (1), Oudenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Geurtsen (70), Hattem

• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

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.
• January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• 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 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

The temperature on August 29, 1903 was between 12.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (54%).