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• Albert Hermannus van Aalderen, Hoogeveen († 1913)
• Aaltje KOENES, Wierum (Adorp) Groningen Netherlands († 1986)
• Albert van Aalderen(ink), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland NED († 1913)
• Adrianus Pieter Jobse, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Abraham Kolk, Steenwijk († 1990)
• Adrianus Aanraad, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aaltje van der Laan, Groningen († 1903)
• Aart Visser, Sliedrecht († 1993)
• Albert van Aalderen, Alteveer († 1913)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Keijzer, Vlaardinger-Ambacht († 1979)

• Adriaan van den Berg (0), Gorinchem
• Adrianus Christoffel Veldman (39), Wageningen
• Arend Haan (0), Koog aan de Zaan,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Petronella Versteegen (59), Zutphen (GL)
• Arie de Groot (55), Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Stolwijk (72), Bodegraven
• Anna de Moel (27), Alkmaar
• Antje Pieters Zuidema (63), Noordhorn
• Aaltje Winkel (74), Nieuwe Niedorp (in de Moerbeek)
• Adrianus Christoffel Veltman (39), Wageningen

• 1895 » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player († 1936)
• 1895 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist († 1966)
• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)
• 1906 » Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator († 1989)
• 1909 » Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic († 1987)

• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)

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 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
• 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 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

The temperature on May 17, 1903 was between 5.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%).