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• Aartje Brandwijk, Tiel († 1989)
• Abraham Marcus, Groningen († 1997)
• Anna Maria Stam, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Heegsma, Poppingawier († 1999)
• Anna Angela Albers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertien Bakker, Leutingewolde Peize Noordenveld Drenthe Nederland
• , Eindhout († 1995)
• Anna van der Peet, Limmen, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Maria Adriana Tuerlings, Tilburg
• Rudolphy, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• Aaltje Vermeer (26), Baarn
• Arij Cornelisse van Baalen (55), Oud-Beijerland
• Aaltje Vermeer (26), Baarn
• Anna JOLY (76), Hoeilaart
• Antoon Matheij (85), Horst aan de Maas (Horst) (Limburg)
• Goeman, Beerta Nederland
• Antoine Joseph DOUMONT (71), Ham-Sur-Sambre, 5190, Namur, Belgique
• Anna Catharina Christenhusz (1), Oldenzaal
• Anna Dingelstad (64), Buggenum, Limburg, NL
• Allegonda de Gruijter (90), Den Bosch

• 1898 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist († 1954)
• 1900 » Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician († 1942)
• 1903 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1905 » Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer († 1949)
• 1906 » Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City († 2001)
• 1906 » Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader († 1975)
• 1907 » Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator († 1990)
• 1908 » Michael Redgrave, English actor and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower († 1999)

• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)

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.
• January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• 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.
• November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on March 20, 1903 was between 8.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%).