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• Aime Petrus VAN STEENBERGHE, Sint-Lievens-Esse, 9550, Flandre Orientale, Flandre, BELGIQUE
• Alphonsus Joannes Olislaegers, Baarle-Nassau († 1950)
• Aalbert Geitenbeek, Nijkerk
• Adriana Woudenberg, Twello († 1981)
• Aaldrik Hindrik Udema, Oostwold, Midwolda († 1971)
• Adriana Eilander, Epe-Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Pieter Dousma, Paterswolde, gem. Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberdiena Mennega, Tynaarlo (Vries) († 1925)
• Aaltje Klamer, Eexterveenschekanaal, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriana Vercauteren, Sinaai-Waas, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1978)

• Albertus Barends (0), Harderwijk
• Aartje de Fouw (54), Wolphaartsdijk
• Aaltje van den Beld (0), Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen)
• Gerarda Catharina van Vuuren (74), Gouda
• Adelheid Maria Augustine Manderbach (86), Gent, Vlaanderen
• Aartje de Fouw (54), Wolphaartsdijk, Nederland
• Albertus Barends (0), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert te Velthuis (82), Lemperhoek (Borculo)
• Abraham van DIXHOORN (48), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke Willems van der Veen (52), Tietjerksteradeel

• 1895 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat († 1948)
• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)

• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

The temperature on January 2, 1900 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.