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• Anna Adriana de Heer, Rotterdam
• Albrecht Eberhard van Württemberg, Hanau († 1969)
• Anna Antonia Drullman, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Adriana Jacoba Margaretha Rosalia Visser, Rotterdam
• Albrecht Eberhard van Wurtemberg, Hanau († 1969)
• Abraham Johannes van der Weel, Sint Annaland
• Agnes Pelzer, Gescher (Duitsland)
• Adriana Fransen, Herveld (Gelderland) Nederland
• Aartjen Hoek, van de, Oldebroek Gld. NL
• Abraham Hofman, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1904)

• Arjen Hilverda (32)
• Antonius Adrianus Schoenmakers (0), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Taalman (0), Philippine, Nederland
• Aaltje Harselaar (63), Veenendaal
• Arend van Ast (63), Rotterdam
• Christina van der Vegt (44), Kampen
• Aaltje Hasselaar (63), Veenendaal
• Commerijntje Kruit (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Petronella # Lodewijks (79), Stratum
• Anthonij in den Bosch (70), Noordgouwe Zeeland Nederland

• 1897 » Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author († 1980)
• 1898 » Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress († 1981)
• 1902 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress († 1972)
• 1902 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist († 1980)
• 1903 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach († 1983)
• 1904 » A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author († 1963)
• 1904 » Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic († 1981)
• 1905 » Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire († 1993)
• 1905 » Jan Gies, Dutch activist († 1993)
• 1906 » James Brooks, American painter and educator († 1992)

• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

• 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.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

The temperature on October 18, 1903 was between 5.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%).