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• Anna Huijsman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• van der Hoek († 1903)
• Andries (Dries) Schreijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• andries schreijer, amsterdam
• Agnes Klaver, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Alta Anna Maria Tikker, ,,, Rotterdam, South-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Adriana Prins, Dordrecht († 1905)
• Antje Verra, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Antina Harmanna Korte, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1904)
• Alida Cornelia Klinkenberg, Den Haag

• Anna Maria Heijne (0), Raamsdonk
• Arnoldina Johanna Kivits (63), Tilburg
• Anna Maria van ETTEN Jdr (69), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
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• Gerritje Klazes Haanstra (85), Balk
• Arnoldina Johanna Kivits (63), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Berg (80), De Bilt
• Allert Sterenberg (31), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Schimmel (0), Kerkdriel (Maasdriel)
• Abraham Risseeuw (76), Schoondijke, Nederland

• 1900 » Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG († 1993)
• 1901 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author († 1941)
• 1902 » Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1903 » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor († 1995)
• 1904 » Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author († 1980)
• 1905 » William Loeb III, American publisher († 1981)
• 1907 » Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician († 1998)
• 1908 » Ralph Hill, American runner († 1994)
• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

• 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.
• January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• 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.
• May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on December 26, 1903 was between -1.5 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).