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• Adrianus Marinus Montée, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1903)
• Alicia Eliza Maria De Rycke, Nieuwerkerken († 1970)
• Aart Slikker, Schoten († 1965)
• Aaltje Braam, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1988)
• Agnes Alma Cornelia van EECKE, Watou,8978,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Alphonsus Josephus Catharinus Alphonsus Heijst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adrianus van Schaik, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alfons Jozef Jansegers, Temse
• Alida Pijl, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Doest, Kallenbroek

• Aafje Kruijt (99), Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Ariaantje Touw (83), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Arie Hofstede (9), Ter Aar
• Aaltje Timens (68), Uffelte, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antoinetta de Vos (3), Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Jacobs (1), Princenhage Breda Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Abram Colward (48), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Aarnout Schiettekatte (8), Serooskerke (Schouwen)
• Allegonda Theresia Francisca Cornet (0), 's Hertogenbosch
• Aagje Roodnat (34), Renkum

• 1893 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1971)
• 1895 » Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer († 1973)
• 1895 » Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist († 1972)
• 1896 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)
• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)

• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)

• 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 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

The temperature on April 20, 1903 was between 1.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (49%).