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• Alberdina Pieternella Harinck, Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adriana van Bavel, Rotterdam
• Albertus Hendriks Reinders, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove († 1955)
• Adrianus Moor, Naaldwijk († 1978)
• Both, gouda (zuid holland)
• Albert de Jong, Vreeswijk
• Aleida Gelderman, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1900)
• Alice Johnson, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Adrianus Moor, Naaldwijk († 1978)
• Albertina Pieternella Harinck, Heinkenszand († 1905)

• Agnes van Santvoort (62), Deurne
• Anna Elisabeth Stelten (62), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland
• Caroline VAN COPPENOLLE (85), Escanaffles,7760,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antonius Hendricus Dirksen (64), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Betje Elerts Mugge (89), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• ?? Jutte (0), Rotterdam
• Agidius Henricus Hubertus PRICK (57), Maastricht (Limburg) (NL)
• Agatha Ewalds (79), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Betje Eilerts MUGGE (89), Nieuwe Pekela
• Albert Nijland (72), Epse

• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
• 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)

• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)

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.
• February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
• May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

The temperature on March 2, 1900 was about -1.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.