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• Alijda Hendrina Rijkeboer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Agatha Steenbergen († 1990)
• Adriana Stevina Spaan, Rotterdam
• Anna Verver, Limmen
• Adam van Gilst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Rijkeboer († 1906)
• Adriana Metje Pain, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Brouwer, Klijndijk (Odoorn) († 1903)
• Adrianus Bos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Pieter Visser, Delft († 1905)

• Bakker, Loosduinen
• Carolus Jacobus Gros (38), Brussel-Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
• van Rooijen (0), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rollman (34), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Hegeraad (61), Amsterdam
• Anna Kruk (46), Rotterdam
• Arie Spruit (29), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus de Gouw (22), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Dirksz Spruijt (29), Vlaardingen, zh.nld
• Weitering (0), Almelo

• 1897 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1977)
• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1899 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 1968)
• 1902 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent († 1973)
• 1905 » Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player († 1988)
• 1906 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet († 1977)
• 1908 » Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster († 1988)
• 1908 » Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer († 1975)
• 1910 » Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and author († 1992)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

• 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 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• 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.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on June 12, 1903 was between 8.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%).