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• Adriana Jacoba Toet, Scheveningen († 1997)
• Abraham Stroo, Vlissingen
• Adriana Henrietta Louisa Stalpers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1903)
• KAHLMAN, Den Helder(Nh) († 1903)
• Adrianus Beers, Sint Pancras († 1973)
• Adrianus Beers, Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Edward Golds, Ashington, Sussex († 1992)
• + Mulder, Groningen († 1903)
• * Derk Blom, Apeldoorn
• Adriana Louisa Sommeling, Leiden († 1945)

• Abraham Clemens (KY) (Crater) Greter (85), Harrodsburg, Kentucky
• Albert Jan Wuestenenk (83), Warnsveld
• Andries van Mastbergen (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Adriana Luijten (0), Zevenbergen (Nl)
• Anna Maria Bremmers (0), Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antje van der Duin (38), Rotterdam
• Adriana Bosch (35), Heeswijk
• Anna Jans Scholtens (69), Uithuizen
• Anna Theresia COUDYSER (79), Esen, 8600, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Annetje de Vente (62), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1899 » Ernest Haycox, American author († 1950)
• 1900 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer († 1966)
• 1903 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver († 1970)
• 1903 » Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1904 » A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician († 1977)
• 1904 » Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1906 » S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer († 1975)
• 1907 » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer († 1977)
• 1907 » Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic († 1998)
• 1908 » Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer († 1998)

• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1901 » Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)

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.
• 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.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• 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 October 1, 1903 was between 12.3 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%).