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• Anna Berendina van Aalst
• Agatha Johanna Pettersson, Den Helder († 1978)
• Aaltje Harms Stel, Kooten († 1993)
• Adriaan Kruithof, Amsterdam († 1938)
• "Paul" André Joseph Candillon, Montcornet, Aisne, France († 1981)
• Alma HART, Missouri († 1971)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Antonius Bink, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1979)
• Akke Sipkes Wadman, Suawoude († 1978)
• Agatha Johanna Carlsd Petterson, Den Helder, nh.nld
• Albert Jans Luiting, Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)

• Adrianus Cornelis Van Tuijl (80), Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Bernarda den Braber (1), Oudenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Petronella Wilhelmina Vriends (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Pieter Swets (34), Hardinxveld
• Adriana Kruit (75), Utrecht
• Amelia DE VROME (77), Esen (B)
• Berend HOOIKAMMER (61), Rouveen (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Adriana Bolleman (85), Terneuzen
• Anna Maria KLAASEN (81), Ravenstein
• Anna Angela Eikens (88), Onstwedde Horsten

• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
• 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 29, 1903 was between 12.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (54%).