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• Aaltje van Esch, Norg († 1904)
• Anna Cornelia van den Bos, Rotterdam († 1983)
• alida frederika goedhart, amsterdam
• Andreas Johannes Dam, Hof van Delft
• Akke van der Linde, Franekeradeel († 1987)
• Adriana Margareta Ritzema, Eenrum (gem. De Marne)
• Adrianus Johannes Puik, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Andreas Johannes Dam, Hof van Delft
• Alice Selleger, Sitoebondo († 1979)

• Andreas Künnings (0), Simpelveld (L
• Alda Malinda Smith (3), West St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Anthonij HARTEMAN (68), Den Haag
• Cornelia Taal (57), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Arend Smit (53), Noordwijk
• Antal Kállai (0), Furta, Hajdu-Bihar
• Arnoldus Laurentius Maria de Bont (0), Goirle
• Angela Maria Ardaen (2), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Albertje Noorman (38), Kalteren (Diever)
• Andreas Kunnings (0), Simpelveld, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)
• 1895 » Blossom Rock, American actress († 1978)
• 1897 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer († 1966)
• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)

• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

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.
• March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

The temperature on August 21, 1903 was between 10.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%).