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• Alberta Janna Horsman, Dalfsen
• Albertus Schilder, Vreeland († 1952)
• Aart van Someren, Wullenhoven Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alberta Janna Horsman, Lenthe, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Albert Kroezen, Stad-Almelo
• Adriana Kempeneers, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1984)
• - Hissink, Nijverdal (Hellendoorn) († 1900)
• Adriana Cornelia Anna Franzen, Rotterdam
• Wilhelmina Hendrika Baten, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1990)
• van Liere, Kapelle († 1900)

• Anna Brandsma (82), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Sellies (75), Zalk en Veecaten
• van Liere (0), Kapelle
• Adriana de Jong (62), Oosterhout
• Aaltjen Sellies. (75), Zalk
• Adriana Elizabet van der Giessen (71), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Broos (39), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Broos (39), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Aaltje Sellis (75), Zalk en Veecaten, Nederland
• Abel Lammert Nap (0), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland

• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
• 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)

• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)

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.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

The temperature on January 3, 1900 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.