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• Aleida Kruithof, Avereest
• Alida Maria Francisca Gunneweg, Rotterdam
• Agatha Margrietha van der Zwaan, Hazerswoude, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Spelt, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Alida Maria van Breukelen, Soest († 1903)
• Agatha Geertruida Pettersson, Den Helder († 1980)
• Allegonda Koster, Stadskanaal
• Abraham Rudolph Roth, Middelburg († 1903)
• Adrianus Stor, Koog aan de Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan HONKOOP, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)

• Apolonia Hartmans (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Szakácsi (43), Dévaványa, 5510, Magyarország
• Allardus Johannes Bugter (50), Wisch
• Adrianus Wlhelmus Dekker (76), Middelburg
• Antje Wanders (5), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anthonie Kool (2), Hagestein, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus De Witte (0), Elversele, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Maria Oorthuijs (62), Renkum
• Adriaan Maas (80), Valkenswaard
• Catharina Johanna Matthea van Buel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland

• 1898 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater († 1965)
• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1899 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1899 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1997)
• 1900 » Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer († 1976)
• 1904 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor († 1961)
• 1904 » Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1983)
• 1904 » Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator († 2002)
• 1907 » Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist († 2006)
• 1907 » John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer († 1979)

• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)

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.
• May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• 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.

The temperature on May 26, 1903 was between 9.0 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (91%).