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• Adriana Clarisse, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1907)
• Adriana Andries van Oirschot, Hilvarenbeek (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant)
• Jan Nooijens
• Alice Etta Young Short, Sawyer, Pratt, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Adrianus Hermanus Kneulman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Schoenmakers, Brielle
• Alfred Pierart, Genly, Quévy, Hainaut, Belgique († 1901)
• Adrianus van de Loo, Best,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Alida Schoenmakers, Brielle († 1987)
• Adrianus Stolwijk, Haarlemmerliede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)

• Adam Bakermans (63), Aalst
• (2) Pieter Schouten (76), Hensbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana (Anna) Schuijlenburg (78), Hoenkoop,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Stassen (42), Oude Tonge
• Adriana Schuilenberg (78), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Botermans (70), Gilze en Rijen
• Aart VIJFVINKEL (57), Leiden
• Alida de Horn (67), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Petrus VAN DER WERFF (85), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Adriaantje Poot (77), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1893 » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss († 1976)
• 1899 » Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator († 1974)
• 1900 » Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)
• 1902 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author († 1940)
• 1904 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist († 2004)
• 1904 » Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1905 » Charles Lane, American actor and singer († 2007)
• 1905 » Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 1987)
• 1907 » Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist († 2001)
• 1907 » Henry Cotton, English golfer († 1987)

• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)

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 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• 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.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

The temperature on January 26, 1900 was about 5.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.