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• Adrianus de Roy van Zuydewijn, Leur (N.Br.)
• Anna Augusta van Haeften, Weltevreden
• Sep, Rucphen († 1903)
• Andries Loch, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Marinus Dirven, Etten-Leur († 1969)
• Adrianus de Roij van Zuidewijn, Etten-Leur († 1986)
• Adriana Petronella van Diemen, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1931)
• Adriana Petronella van Diemen, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Adrianus Hultermans, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• de Kok († 1903)

• Sieljes (0), Slagharen, Nederland
• Ammo Klaassens Hikkema (56), Beerta
• Sep (0), Rucphen
• alida kok (50), amsterdam
• Adriana Florisdr Looij (78), Barwoutswaarder
• Adriaan Louwerse (82), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adriaan Louwerse (82), Westkapelle
• de Kok (0)
• Andele Dirks Palsma (72), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jacobus UDO (0), Maurik

• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• 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.
• June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on February 17, 1903 was between -5.2 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (52%).