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• Aaldrik Bijlholt, Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Eisendrath, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriaan Verhage, Aagtekerke, Nederland
• Adeline Elvira Rudd († 1981)
• Adrianus Verschoor, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelena Magdalena de Kerf, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Janna Prins († 1970)
• Aaltje KAPTEIJN, Krimpen aan de IJssel († 1952)
• Alice Aeilts, Minnesota († 1993)
• Alfred Leslie Fordham, Subiaco, West Aust, Australia († 1989)

• Antonetta van de Griend (67), Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Koenders (38), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Springer (0), Asch
• Adriana Pont (1), Schiedam
• Bart Voort (53)
• Adriaan van der Pol (56), Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Auke Heikema (79), Holwierde, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Link (42), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Link, Monster
• Auke Heikema (79), Holwierde, Gemeente Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1895 » Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author († 1977)
• 1896 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union († 1974)
• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)
• 1910 » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer († 2004)
• 1911 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager († 1984)

• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)

• 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.
• 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 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

The temperature on December 1, 1903 was between -0.9 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%).