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• Adrianus Maria Verhoeven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Agnès SOENEN, Handzame, 8610, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1989)
• Alice Maria Anna RENIER, Emelgem,8870,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Afina Wilhelmina Toxopeus, Lemmer, Lemsterland,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Welhelm Keil, Eschborn, Hessen, Deutschland († 1904)
• * Cornelis Kosten, Wolphaartsdijk († 1995)
• "Elisabeth Helene" Maria Valerie Franziska Maximiliane Antonie von Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg, Allemagne († 1976)
• Albertus Maria Antonius van Hoorn, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Van Schie, Nieuw-vennep
• Alfons Maria Ernst Karel Leopold Vorst Paar, Wenen († 1979)

• Anna te Raa (66), Diepenheim
• Antonia van van Bokkel (0), Hedel, Nederland
• Andries van Bergeijk (57), Stratum, Nederland
• Anna Katharine Ohlendieck (63), Vatenstedt, Germany
• Agatha Beerse- (0), Heerhugowaard, Nederland
• Verhagen (0), 's Gravenmoer
• Anna Maria van Laarhoven (72), Vught
• Aartje Slot (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna te Raa (66), Diepenheim, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend Smeeing (86), Hoogland

• 1896 » Betty Smith, American author and playwright († 1972)
• 1899 » Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist († 1978)
• 1902 » Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts († 1983)
• 1903 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna († 1938)
• 1907 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1907 » Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília († 2012)
• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian († 2009)
• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)
• 1910 » John Hammond, American record producer and critic († 1987)

• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)

• 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 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

The temperature on December 15, 1903 was between 2.8 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C.