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• Aart Mateboer, Genemuiden, Nederland († 1970)
• Alberdina Hendrika van Binsbergen, Nederbiel († 1904)
• Evers Zuidweg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Hendriks, Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Abram Bakelaar, De Waal (Texel) († 1975)
• "Barthélémy" Charles Marie de Lesseps, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France († 1930)
• Adrianus van Giessen, bergschenhoek (zuid holland)
• Alfonsus Adolphus LIERMAN, Knokke,8300,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Allen Skeenes REV
• "Guy" Geoffroy Marie de Roquefeuil, Arcins, Gironde, France († 1963)

• Adriaan Vijverberg (54), Ouwerkerk
• Anna Dobbelstein (2), Würselen, Kreis Aachen (D)
• Adriaan Vijverberg (54), Ouwerkerk
• Ann Marij Nicholson (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Jacoba de Ranitz (1), Winsum (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Adolphina Alicia DASSEVILLE (0), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Debats (0), Maastricht
• Ann Mary Nicholson (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Haarlem (44), Leiden
• Antonius Rovers (61), Sint-Michielsgestel

• 1898 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author († 1936)
• 1901 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge († 1985)
• 1903 » Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 1992)
• 1904 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Umberto II of Italy († 1983)
• 1906 » Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1906 » Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter († 1973)
• 1907 » Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress († 2004)
• 1907 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author († 1968)
• 1908 » Kid Sheik, American trumpet player († 1996)

• 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)

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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

The temperature on September 15, 1903 was between 8.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%).