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• * Theodora Susanna van Hilo, Utrecht
• . Burger, Onbekend († 1950)
• Aaltje Gerrits Meulenbelt, Zwolle
• . Hijting, Delft († 1900)
• . van der Weyde, Onbekend († 1950)
• . Dekker, Onbekend († 1960)
• Abel Lammert Nap, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1900)
• . Storm, Delft († 1900)
• . Onbekend, Onbekend († 1960)
• Aaltje Abrahams Boon van der, Woubrugge

• . van der Riet (100)
• .. Onbekend (0), Alkmaar
• ... Onbekend (100)
• . van der Klip (0), Den Haag
• Gerritsen (0), Velp (Rheden)
• .... Onbekend (0), Onbekend
• Aafke Albertsd van Aken (85), Poppingawier, fr.nld
• ... Meyer (0), Onbekend
• . van der Bent (100), Delft
• Aafje Hartsuiker (50), Alkmaar /Datum onjuist

• 1894 » Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman († 1970)
• 1894 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1895 » J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 1972)
• 1900 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat († 1986)
• 1900 » Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor († 1990)
• 1902 » Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer († 1977)
• 1902 » Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident († 1945)
• 1904 » Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan († 1982)
• 1905 » Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist († 1981)
• 1906 » Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor († 1988)

• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (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 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on January 1, 1900 was about 3.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.