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• Anna Bos, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Iesberts, Hilversum, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana van der Ploeg, Rotterdam († 1966)
• Anna van der Schief, Gersloot, gem. Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda Maria Johanna van der Kroft, Haarlem († 1904)
• Adrianus Jacobus de Waal, Rotterdam († 1983)
• Andries Slegtenhorst, Leiden († 1943)
• Albert Plaatje, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaldert Folkers
• Adriana Broekmeulen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1985)

• Adriana Leemans, Tilburg
• Anna Adriana van der Leeuw (71), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana van der Willik (1), Boskoop
• Benjamin Sandidge Higginbotham (84), Amherst Co., VA
• Arnoldus Schuurs (72), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Wisse (79), Aagtekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardus Pasman (54), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolus Josephus Neyens (81), Noorderwijk, Herentals, België
• Anna Isabella Poncelet (18), Vliermaal, België
• Alexander Ritchie ElzKelsonAdaIsabelSimmons (51), Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

• 1898 » Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist († 1987)
• 1902 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1903 » Bing Crosby, American singer and actor († 1977)
• 1905 » Edmund Black, American hammer thrower († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach († 1986)
• 1905 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic († 1988)
• 1906 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author († 1975)
• 1906 » Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright († 2005)
• 1906 » Mary Astor, American actress († 1987)
• 1906 » René Huyghe, French historian and author († 1997)

• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)

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.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• 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.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on May 3, 1903 was between 5.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%).