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• (Stillborn) POSTMA, Hoogkerk Groningen Netherlands († 1903)
• Alida Warmerdam, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Petronella Kamman, Almelo
• Adriana Johanna van de Water, Vlijmen († 1999)
• Ada Margaret CONSTABLE, Hanwell, London, Middlesex, England († 2002)
• Aaltje van Os, Tiel
• Adriana († 1996)
• Adriaantje Zevenbergen, Rotterdam
• Vrieze, Muntendam, Nederland († 1964)
• Afina Klazina Kwast, Groningen

• Annechien Klok (2), Bovensmilde, Smilde
• Aberdina Hanekamp (34), Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joseph Martijn (8), Leiden
• Antonius Mies (1), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Jorisz Hersbach (84), Monster
• Abraham Kret (54), Leiden
• Alberdina Hanekamp (34), Epe
• Alberdina Hanekamp (34), epe
• Gerrit leendert Hooijmeijer (33), Rotterdam
• berendina christina kahmann (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1900 » Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank († 1945)
• 1900 » Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator († 1978)
• 1901 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba († 1973)
• 1902 » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary († 1945)
• 1903 » William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver († 1945)
• 1905 » Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1906 » Diana Wynyard, English actress († 1964)
• 1906 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot († 1975)
• 1907 » Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1907 » Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2004)

• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• 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.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.

The temperature on January 16, 1903 was between -6.5 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (62%).