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• * Bastiaan Scheele, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Adriana Maria Kools, Breda
• († 1988)
• A.L(Antonius) van Marwijk, Nijmegen († 1914)
• Algegonda Mathilda Radder, Middelburg Nederland († 1982)
• Anna Elisabeth Stijnen, Rölsdorf (Düren), NRW (D) († 1959)
• Age Jan Kramer, Den Helder, Nederland († 1940)
• Aartje Koetsier, Putten († 1999)
• Adriana Godefrida Maria in 't Ven, Tilburg († 1968)
• van Breugel, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antonie Linkenhof (0), Tiel Gld. NL
• Arnoldus Wilhelm Hoitink (65), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Maria) Josephina Constantina Ludovica Roebroek (72), Sittard
• Arnoldus Wilhelm Hoitink (65), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Barelds (74), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Hagen (85), Heemstede
• Agatha Henriette Jacoba Maria Hanhart (1), Delft
• Beligje Oskam (35), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barelds (74), Rotterdam
• Albertus de Leeuw (69), Vuren

• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)
• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• 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.

The temperature on August 15, 1903 was between 12.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%).