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• Albert Hendrik Zweers, Oene,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1966)
• Albert Hendrik Buitenhuis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Albert H Lamers, Vandenbroek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Litjens, Wanssum, Li.NL († 1985)
• Albert Scholten, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1903)
• Aaltje Veenstra, Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Johannes Joseph Dubbeld, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1997)
• Alida Johanna van Hattem, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Elisabeth (jean) Groenewoud, Monnickendam, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Johannes van Gijzen, Dordrecht († 1977)

• Antonia Salentijn (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Wiesenekker (26), Huizen
• Gesina Spiele (75), Enschede
• Alida Wolff Binger (93), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Annechien van der Schuur (33), Wolfsbarge, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Gertruij Pubben (69), Blerick
• Anna Amalia Ida zu Solms-Baruth (61), Emden, Allemagne
• Antonius SEGERS (79), Schaerbeek,1030,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Benedictus, Florentinus Bosman (18)
• Arij Hordijk (85), hoogvliet (rotterdam)

• 1900 » Marie Byles, Australian solicitor († 1979)
• 1902 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer († 1924)
• 1902 » Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano († 1974)
• 1904 » Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer († 1970)
• 1904 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1905 » Erwin Keller, German field hockey player († 1971)
• 1905 » Helen Joseph, English-South African activist († 1992)
• 1905 » Joachim Büchner, German sprinter and graphic designer († 1978)
• 1906 » Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator († 1974)
• 1908 » Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter († 1987)

• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)

• 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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

The temperature on April 8, 1903 was between 4.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%).