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• Alberdina de Roos, het bildt
• Abram van den Tol, Oud Beijerland
• Aaltje Baalmans, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1980)
• Alberta Schoonus, Helvoirt († 1901)
• Agatha Catharina Gerardina van Eendenburg, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert, George, Franklin Boberg, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky († 1936)
• Adamus van der Vorst, Amsterdam
• Adrianus de Crom, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Laurent Knip, Delft
• Adrianus Petrus Huijbregts, Gilze en Rijen († 1902)

• Bastiaan Jabaaij (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Aloysius Josephus Adhemar Callewaert (0), Lichtervelde
• Albertje Lucas Brunsting (52), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Heij (0), Ede
• Barbara Cecilia Depuydt (82), Staden
• Akke Tjepkes de Vries (85), Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annechien Meekhof (0), Ruinerdijk, Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van der Sloot (0), Boxtel
• Arij (Arie) Jabaaij (Jabbay) (81), Munster,Lake County,Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Jacobus Wabeke (0), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland

• 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.
• January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.

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