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• Andries Dubois, Tarutung, Tapanuli, Sumatra († 1963)
• Alton Forest Kearsey, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Flippo, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Alida Magielse, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus CLARIJS, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
• Andries Gaspard Ferdinand Guisson, Kuringen, België († 1997)
• van WESTING († 1903)
• Abraham Bal, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1945)
• Adriana Leeuwis, Oud Alblas
• Alida Magielse, Schiedam

• Angélique Thon (78), Dour,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aafje Timmerman (80), Grootebroek
• Alfred Miller Hoyt (74), Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America
• Abel Veenker (2), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• "Albrecht" Joachim Paul von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (15), Wiesbaden, Allemagne
• * Jan Dernee (77), Gouda
• Abraham Friesen (80), MB, Canada
• Adrianus Albertus van den Engel (0), IJsselstein
• Antoinetta Zuijderwijk (60), Monster, 2681
• Amandus Schoel

• 1900 » Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser († 1989)
• 1901 » Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1901 » Llewellyn Rees, English actor († 1994)
• 1902 » Louis Alter, American musician († 1980)
• 1902 » Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete († 1980)
• 1903 » Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer († 1965)
• 1903 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1904 » Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor († 1991)
• 1904 » Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer († 2003)
• 1905 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor († 1982)

• 1866 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)

• 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 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

The temperature on June 18, 1903 was between 7.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%).