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• Wouters, Reusel
• Anna Maria Barbara Meertens, Klimmen, Voerendaal († 1944)
• Anna de Best, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sikking, Warmond
• Anna Gerwing († 1989)
• Anna J., Iowa († 1999)
• Agatha Anthonia Brozius, Ter Aar (Korteraar)
• Kool, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1903)
• Adrianus Hickmann, amsterdam, Nederland († 1977)
• Anna Gertrudis Maes, Wellen, België († 1972)

• Aleida Wilhelmina Antonia Elizabeth Eijkelenkamp (0), Deventer
• Arent Jan Gussinklo (81), Aalten
• Aleida Willemina Antonia Elizabeth Eijkelenkamp (0), Deventer
• Ailt Nieland (64), Muntendam
• Aafke Zeilmaker (48), NES (Ameland), Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonij Theuns (71), Roosendaal,Nispen
• Antonetta Raijmakers (68), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Engelen (0), Schilberg, Netherlands
• Alice Jane Miller (36), Fulton Co.Indiana
• Antonij THEUNS (70), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)

• 1895 » Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar († 1973)
• 1897 » Milt Franklyn, American composer († 1962)
• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1910 » Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)

• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)

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 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.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• 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.

The temperature on September 16, 1903 was between 9.0 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%).