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• Agnes De Haan, Portage, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Aagje Tjiets Hartland, Alkmaar
• Albert, George, Franklin Boberg, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky († 1936)
• Agnes Woutera Bruurmijn, Vlijmen († 1901)
• Alfred Heinrich Fritz Wilhelm Goltermann, Section 20 († 1964)
• Anthonius Laurent Knip, Delft
• Andries Baart, Leiden
• Agatha Catharina Gerardina van Eendenburg, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertha van der Ende, Vlaardingen
• Andries Baart, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)

• AALTJE BRAAT (83), HILLEGERSBERG
• Abelina Henderika Schuring (35), Zutphen
• Anna Catharina Vermeiren (83), Zundert (Nederland)
• Annaatje Frankvoorder, Zaandam
• Aaltjen van Faassen (37), Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aloysius Josephus Adhemar Callewaert (0), Lichtervelde
• Albertje Brunsting (52), Beilen, Drenthe (NL)
• Annechien Meekhof (0), Ruinerdijk, Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Akke Tjepkes de Vries (85), Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Ekelenburg (0), Rotterdam

• 1898 » Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1899 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher († 1961)
• 1900 » Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature († 1998)
• 1900 » Margherita Bontade, Italian politician († 1992)
• 1901 » John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer († 1996)
• 1902 » Larry Fine, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist († 1984)
• 1903 » M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic († 1989)
• 1905 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress († 1987)
• 1905 » John Hoyt, American actor († 1991)

• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

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 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

The temperature on October 5, 1900 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.