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• Aloisius Wilhelmus Maria Eppink, Gendringen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloisius Wilhelmus Maria Eppink, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• * Johannes Hendrikus van de Wijdeven, St Oedenrode
• Allegonda Peters, Hatert, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Gosewinus Johannes de Groot, Lith
• Adriana Helena Maria de Kok, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Slagboom, Sliedrecht
• Alva Arthur Chapman, Monroe County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Adolf Jansen, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Hermina Berendina Jonker, Avereest

• Catharina Poppolina Jorritsma (76), Haskerland, Nederland
• Antonie SCHIELE (69), Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bouwen Meuldijk (63), Rozenburg
• Bauke Pieters Seeger(s) (22), Roselawn, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Hillegonda Olsthoorn (79), Rijswijk
• Anna Wendelina Roskamp (81), Oldendorp
• Alida Helsloot (79), Amsterdam, St. Bernardusgesticht
• Adelina van de VIJVER (16), Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Charlote Colin (8), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Catharina van Uden (6), Schijndel

• 1900 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)

• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (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.
• June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on May 22, 1903 was between 7.2 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (90%).