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• Albert Rodermond, Zuidwolde, Westerveld († 1903)
• Agnes Ottenheijm, Helden-Panningen († 1985)
• Alice Moe († 1903)
• Abraham van HOLLAND, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1903)
• Albertus Meeboer, Spaarndam
• Abraham Swaap, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Christina Groot, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Adrianus Otten, Goirle († 1975)
• Adrianus Brederoo, Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Andries Meijer, Schiedam († 1975)

• Abraham Wilhelmus de Water (67), Leiden
• Aaltje Pieters van der Veen (65), Dantumawoude
• Alegonda Elizabeth de Beer (78), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agnes Hammond **** (64), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Benjamin Clayton (82), newark, Lincolnshire, England
• Antonius Joannes Rijcx (80), Oostende, Belgie
• Arnoldina Lem (72), Zwolle
• Aleida Johanna van den Berg (41), Brummen
• Balthasa Constantijn Buddingh (77), Rheden (GL)
• Antonius Cornelis Maria van Hardevelt (4), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1898 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author († 1978)
• 1898 » Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist († 1948)
• 1898 » Randolph Scott, American actor († 1987)
• 1899 » Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot († 1931)
• 1900 » William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor († 1988)
• 1901 » Arthur Wirtz, American businessman († 1983)
• 1903 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia († 1948)
• 1905 » Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter († 2000)
• 1907 » Dan Duryea, American actor and singer († 1968)
• 1907 » Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)

• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)

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.
• July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• 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.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on January 23, 1903 was between -1.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%).