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• Adrianus van den Hooff, Waalwijk († 1958)
• Adriana van der PIJL, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Albert Jan Hoekerswever, raalte († 1992)
• Aaltje Tessemaker, Oene, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1902)
• Alida Bos, Castricum († 1967)
• Jannetje Ruurs, Amsterdam
• Alida Voorend, Breukelen-Nijenrode {UT}
• Aaltje van Steenis, Neerijnen
• Albert van der Laan, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1935)
• Alida Voorend, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anna Maria Janssen (0), Schalbruch (Du)
• Disbergen, Arnhem
• Alida Catharina VAN DEN BURG (0), noordwijkerhout, Nederland
• Abraham van Bienen (63), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Kuijpers (11), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrika ten Hoope (47), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Castricum (0), Beverwijk
• Bernardus Gerardus Maria Knuvers (21), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Abraham van Biene (63), Rotterdam
• . Oosterman (0), Wildervank

• 1893 » Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist († 1970)
• 1896 » Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Edith Head, American costume designer († 1981)
• 1897 » Hans Speidel, German general († 1984)
• 1901 » Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet († 1979)
• 1902 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer († 1986)
• 1903 » Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic († 1966)
• 1903 » John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic († 1995)
• 1904 » George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)
• 1905 » Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician († 1984)

• 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
• 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
• 1917 » Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)

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 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

The temperature on October 28, 1900 was about 7.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.