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• Adrianus Lucia de Bot, dussen (noord brabant)
• Adrianus Harkes, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Albertus Ruttenberg, Ederveen († 1975)
• Amélia Leite Marques, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 1977)
• Adriana van der Krans, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph J Opfinger, Bronx, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Addison Roosevelt Lewis, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Aleida ENgelina Asbroek, Hengelo († 1973)
• Aaltje Huizing, Annerveenschekanaal Anloo AA en Hunze Drenthe Nederland († 1904)
• Albertus de Groot, Sint Pancras († 1979)

• Adriana Cornelia Klees (78), Arnhem
• (75), didam
• Aaltje Stravers (0), Lexmond
• Anna van den Berg (0), Heemstede, Heemstede, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Doms (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Agatha Egberts (39), Wilnis
• Antonij Jannes van het Hekke (65), Brummen
• adrianus de REUS (86), woldendorp
• Antje Wondergem (0), Oostkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jansz van Dis (81), Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)

• 1895 » Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet († 1969)
• 1896 » Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman († 1961)
• 1896 » Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic († 1987)
• 1897 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet († 1982)
• 1898 » Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator († 1944)
• 1898 » Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1899 » Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer († 1966)
• 1900 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)

• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)

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.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• 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 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

The temperature on October 3, 1900 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.