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• Anna Stelkens, Veert, Duitsland († 1972)
• Anna Gezina Plass, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Albertus Johannes Raapis
• Adriana Wilhelmina Vreugdenhil, Naaldwijk
• Anna Catharina Josina van Wetten, 's-Gravenhage († 1984)
• Adriana Kivits, Vlijmen
• Anna M Boyle, Stamford, Connecticut († 1992)
• Anna Gesina Plass, Amsterdamscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• * Wilhelm van den Broek, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1901)
• Albertus KRAIJENOORD, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)

• "Franz" Serafim Maria Ernst Johannes Wilhelm Eugen von Küenburg (56), Payerbach, Autriche
• Christianus Antonius Corpeleijn (81), Maasbracht
• Anna Maria Ketelaars (63), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christoffel Swaen (46), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Auke Hettes Wassenaar (69), Hijlaard, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Bastiaens (0), Heusden
• Arend Salomons Tigelaar (37), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)
• Bridget Huxley (0)
• Bernardus Johannes Christianus Streur (55), Wageningen
• Annigje Maria van Delft (4), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel

• 1894 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1895 » Jack Warner, English actor and singer († 1981)
• 1896 » Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman († 1994)
• 1898 » Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China († 1974)
• 1901 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1959)
• 1903 » Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent († 1960)
• 1904 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist († 1932)
• 1904 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright († 1961)
• 1905 » Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic († 1988)
• 1906 » Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer († 1968)

• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)

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 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

The temperature on October 24, 1900 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.