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• Arentje Adriana PAASSE, Ooltgensplaat,, Pays-Bas († 1903)
• Antonia BEENS, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonette Helena Theodora Buijs, Zwolle
• Antonius Aertssen, Wilmarsdonk († 1921)
• Anna Catherina Signer
• Adriaan van Eekelen, Etten-Leur
• Aalbert Veldhuizen, Amerongen († 1918)
• Adriana Buitendijk, zuidland
• Antonio Valadez Sr., Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico († 1954)
• Aaltje Bruinekool, Barneveld

• Beertje Willems Spalling (77), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Heisterborg (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Attje Douwes Dijkstra (0), Sexbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adorina Rosalia Elisa Maas (0), Graauw en Langendam, Nederland
• Johannes Sebrechts (70), Steenbergen
• Antje (Anna) Blom (43), Ilpendam
• Beertje Spalling (77), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aart Eindhoven (24), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleijda Cornelissen (78), Bemmel, Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Erdkamp (76), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1895 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1895 » Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1896 » Leonard Lord, English businessman († 1967)
• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)
• 1905 » Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1906 » Curtis LeMay, American general and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel († 1944)

• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)

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 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• 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.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

The temperature on November 15, 1900 was about 6.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.