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• Abraham de Jonge, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Aaltje Kleijer, Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1944)
• Albert KUHNKE, Tiltezit, Germany († 1986)
• Aaltje Kleijer, Amerongen
• Aaltje Wiersum, Bedum (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1960)
• Abraham de Jonge, Middelburg († 1986)
• Aleida Johanna Maria Koenders, Zevenaar, Gelderland (NL.) († 1985)
• Adriaan van Amstel, Zevenhuizen
• Adrianus Johannes van Oorschot, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Christina Soderstrom, Trelleborg, Sweden

• Aaltje Braat (83), Hillegersberg, 3054, Nederland
• adriana HOOGVLIET (90), abbenbroek(ZH)
• Anna Conelia Nuijen (88), Woensdrecht
• Albertje van Dam (0), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• arie van der WAL (65)
• Allegonda van Pelt (64), Woensel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Hansma (15)
• Antje Oosterhof (41), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Jans Dam Hoogvliet (90), Abbenbroek
• Antje Hietkamp (72), Bathmen, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1894 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel († 1965)
• 1897 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1960)
• 1899 » Adolf Brudes, Polish-German race car driver († 1986)
• 1899 » José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama († 1964)
• 1900 » Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1901 » Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist († 1952)
• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
• February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on October 15, 1900 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.