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• Anna Maria Sanders, Mook, Limburg, Nederland († 1904)
• Anthonius de Lange, Leimuiden, Jacobswoude, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Stout, Rotterdam
• Alfredo da Cunha Ferreira, Candeias, Bahia, Brasil
• Anna Margaretha Bot, Den Helder († 1983)
• Anthoinetta Mersch, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Adriana Maria Lammers, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1903)
• Aaltje Jans Blokzijl, Hoogeveen († 1903)
• Adriana Maria Richter, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anton Johan Madsen, Amsterdam

• Adrianus VERHOEVEN (82), Stratum
• Baartje van der van der Waal (80), Ridderkerk
• Alice Louisa FISHER (25), Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje Tijs (81), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Nout (74), Geldermalsen
• Anna Maria Catharina Knetemann (39), Rotterdam
• Aleida Berendina Zomer (9), Vroomshoop, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Glas (39)
• Aaltje Nomes (40), Purmerland, gem. Ilpendam
• (61), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)

• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)

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.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• 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 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

The temperature on May 6, 1903 was between 9.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%).