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• Aleida Mechelina van Rijssen, Ruurlo
• Aberdina Baaij, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje Christina Visser, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Tjark Hulst, Garthuizen, Stedum († 1968)
• André Leon Castelein, Woumen († 1987)
• , Rotterdam († 1903)
• Albertus Hendrik Bos († 1969)
• Adriana Margaretha van den Hoek, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Alida Helena Doorneweerd, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1968)
• Albert Tjark Hulst, Garsthuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)

• Arent Jan Prange (79), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Aaltje Luitzens van der Lei (23), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna van den Boogaard (43), Sloten
• Arie Klaas Schonewil (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Elisabeth Rosemeijer (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Susanna Ego (45), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje van der Weide (0), Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Hersch Schmul (77), Krotoszyn, Wlkp., Poland
• Antonie Spronk (84), Hazerswoude
• Angelica Cools (77), Meerhout, België

• 1896 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic († 1955)
• 1897 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman († 1961)
• 1901 » Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter († 1967)
• 1901 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author († 1988)
• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

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.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.

The temperature on May 11, 1903 was between 5.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%).