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• Albert Willem Witter, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Ana Heck, Teresópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Adrianus van Silfhout, Arnhem
• Alida Ruiter, Oude Niedorp († 1946)
• van Kleunen, Kattendijke († 1903)
• Aantje Jacoba Advokaat († 1999)
• Annigje Ambagtsheer, Ter Aar, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1990)
• Adriana van Doodeweerd, Oudenwaard
• Ambrose (Abe) Martin McGuire, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Aaltje Jans HUMMEL, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1997)

• Amandus Antonius Van den Broeck (0), Borgerhout,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Hendrika Maria Kuppens (0), Deil
• Anna Adriaantje de Rooij (39), Willemstad
• Adrianus Sint Nicolaas (67), `s-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Aagtje Klaasdr de Geus (30), Noord Scharwoude
• Antonius Rijsdijk (40), Rotterdam
• Anna Hendrika Maria Kuppens (0), Deil
• Aaltje Ox (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina SARIS (0), Tongelre (Noord Brabant) (NL)
• Adrianus Bouwmans (0), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1895 » Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author († 1939)
• 1896 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing († 1992)
• 1902 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1957)
• 1903 » Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter († 1962)
• 1904 » Kuvempu, Indian author and poet († 1994)
• 1908 » Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author († 1992)
• 1910 » Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1911 » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy († 1988)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)

• 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.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

The temperature on December 29, 1903 was between -7.5 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (86%).