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• Aaltje Dijkens, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Adriaan Stuurman, Foxhol, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Theodora Steenwinkel, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Albert Nijeboer, Hardenberg-Ambt,Overijssel,Niederlande,Lutten
• Anna Catherine Zoellner, Perry County, MO
• Anna Maria Catharina Dreesen, Bocholt († 1904)
• Albert Klein, Wildervank, Nederland († 1956)
• Godefridus Van Drimmelen, Bentheim (Duitsland) († 1966)
• * Aartje Francina Fransen, Dordrecht
• Albert Nijeboer, Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1901)

• Adriaan van Gool (74), Gilze en Rijen
• Adrianus HOEKMAN (46), Goedereede, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecelia RITZ (11)
• anna van DALEN (28), rotterdam
• Barend Pothoven (0), Nijkerk
• Aart van Olst (0), Heerde
• Annas Groeneveld (72), Rockanje (Zuid Holland )
• Christina Johanna Scheffer (75), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Onnekes (58)
• Aaltje Willems Onnekes (58), Breede

• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author († 1981)
• 1906 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1906 » Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician († 1995)
• 1907 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist († 1978)
• 1907 » Leonor Fini, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and author († 1996)

• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)

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 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

The temperature on August 30, 1900 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.