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• Anna Catharina Brunia, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Adrianus Julianus van den Bulck, Zoersel 2980, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adrianus Julianus van den Bulck, Zoersel, B
• Adrianus Cornelius Staps, Tilburg († 1955)
• Adelheid Angela Bentlage, Twist, Emsland († 1987)
• Adriana Saaman, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Albertus Josephus Alphonsus van Putte, Hengstdijk,Gemeente Hulst,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Adrienne Madeleine Vancraeijnest, Ichtegem
• Alice Louise FANNY GUY Pendleton, Cleveland, Ohio († 1981)
• Anna Maria van der Heijden, Dinther († 1968)

• Beckers Willem (78)
• Anna Cornelia van der Zande (67), Goirle
• Antonius BEUKENHOUT((BUEKENHOUT)(BEUKENHOUDT)(BUEKENHOUDT) (69), DUISBURG
• "Elizabeth Pieternella Catharina" van de Putte (0), Vlissingen
• Adolf Kohnhorst (40), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christian Judd (87), Canton, Stark Co., OH
• Adriana Nicols (76), Vlijmen
• Arendje Dijksen (28), Aalsmeer
• Claudine GAILLEPAND (68), Arenthon, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Albertus Rugenbrink (1), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1897 » Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author († 1980)
• 1898 » Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress († 1981)
• 1902 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress († 1972)
• 1902 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist († 1980)
• 1903 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach († 1983)
• 1904 » A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author († 1963)
• 1904 » Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic († 1981)
• 1905 » Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire († 1993)
• 1905 » Jan Gies, Dutch activist († 1993)

• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)

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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

The temperature on October 18, 1900 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.