About the day » Monday January 15, 1900Calender converter

• Adrianus Josephus van Balkom, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Aaltjen Westrik
• Albertus Arnoldus Snelders, Vessem († 1901)
• Adriana Brobbel, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Kloos, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Brobbel, Vlaardingen
• Adriana Cornelia Colleta Donders, Tilburg († 1900)
• Anna de Haan, Sioux County, Iowa († 1989)
• Aaltje Kelder, Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abel Vreeken, Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Akke Jacobs Foekes (91), Weststellingwerf
• Andreas Winands (Wijnands, Winand, Winants, Wijnants) (64)
• Albert Stegeman (77), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van Bruggen (56), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Kamermans (0), Vlissingen
• Anna Ersdotter (72), Rättvik (W)
• Aletta Wieser (77), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertine Arnoldine Cornelia Pleyte (57), Bloemendaal,Gemeente Bloemendaal,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aaltje Koning (46), Paasloregel (Steenwijkerwold)
• Andreas Wijnands (64), Maastricht

• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)
• 1893 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor († 1951)
• 1895 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1896 » Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1982)
• 1902 » Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1963)
• 1902 » Saud of Saudi Arabia († 1969)
• 1903 » Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1907 » Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier († 1940)
• 1908 » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 2003)

• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)

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.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
• July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The temperature on January 15, 1900 was about -4.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.