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• Anna Catharina Caldeberg, Geleen, LI, Netherlands
• Anna De Sadeleer, Meire († 1993)
• Alfred Frederick
• Albert Pierre Etienne MOREAU, Le Plessis-Grammoire, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1968)
• Abraham Blok († 1972)
• Aldegonda WOUTERS, Hoboken,2660,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1986)
• Agnes Moore, Steamboat Rock, Hardin County, Iowa († 1996)
• Albrecht Johannes van den Heuvel, 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Gertrude Deyoung, Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Anna Gerrits Nijenhuis, Terwispel (F) († 1978)

• Alice Mary D'hulster (0), Klerken
• Aart Goor (65), Arnhem
• Annechien Alberts (0), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anje Maring (90), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Aaltjen Stoevenbeld (77), Twello (Voorst)
• Amand Rene Schipman (50), Killem ( F )
• Albert Harms Buirs (60), Jipsinghuizen Sellingen Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Anthonie de Wit (69), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Elisabeth Plaaten (65), Utrecht
• Anna Verkamman (82), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1897 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright († 1986)
• 1900 » Alice Neel, American painter († 1984)
• 1903 » Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator († 1978)
• 1903 » Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS († 1971)
• 1906 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician († 1992)
• 1906 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete († 1991)
• 1908 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)
• 1911 » Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient († 2018)

• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

• 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.
• April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• 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 January 28, 1903 was between 4.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (33%).