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• Alida Antonia REUDERINK, Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adrianus Johannes Gerardus Polder, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Alfred R. Craven, Gallatin County, Montana († 1980)
• Anje van der Laan, Stedum, Westeremden († 1992)
• Aaltje ten Have, Apeldoorn
• Adriana Anna Poortvliet, Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Antonius Johannes Roos, Gouda († 1994)
• Andries Frans Joseph Hoogerwerf, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Van Dam, Beveren-Waas, België († 1993)
• , Ginneken († 1964)

• Arnoldus van Eerden (65), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Carl "Johann" Heinrich Grüschow (49), Blankenberg, Domanialamt Warin
• Aloisius Jacobus Jacobs (36), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Nederland
• Beerend van der Graaff (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus BAKELAAR Azn (70), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Lucia Lembke (75), Oertzenhof (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• Abraham Brakel (46), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Johansd KAM (71), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verhulst (71), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Angelina Van Der List (71), Haldern, NRW, Duitsland

• 1899 » Colleen Moore, American actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian († 2001)
• 1900 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer († 1962)
• 1902 » Ogden Nash, American poet († 1971)
• 1903 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer († 1978)
• 1904 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1963)
• 1906 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor († 1971)
• 1907 » Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar († 1979)
• 1907 » Thruston Ballard Morton, American soldier and politician († 1982)

• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

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 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• 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 19, 1903 was between 7.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (84%).