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• Adriana Verkaik, Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1901)
• Anna Maria Justina de Vuijst, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Albert G. Tysseling, Iowa († 1993)
• Aartje Niebeek, Nunspeet († 1901)
• Anna Sophie van den Heuvell, Beesd Gld († 1975)
• Alphonse-Paul-Edmond de HAYNIN (d'HENIN), Thulin, 7350, Hainaut, BELGIË
• Anne Josephine GEUENS, Leopoldsburg, 71034, Limburg, Belgique († 1901)
• Annie Caroline Lewis, Mississippi († 1975)
• Annie Johanna Elisabeth Jacoba Keuchenius, Djogjakarta († 1914)
• Anna Sophia van den Heuvell, Beesd

• Looije, Zevenhuizen
• Aldert Piersma (22)
• Ane Kristine Catrine Bruun (40), Bælum
• Aloysius Cornelius Verhoeven (0), Tilburg
• Adriaan Vissers (21), Oosterhout
• Aloijsius Cornelius Verhoeven (0), Tilburg, NB, Nederland
• Susanna Kools (37), Den Haag
• Aldert Jans Piersma (22), Achtkarspelen
• Alida van Hoorik (79), Weltevreden, Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
• Adrianus Jacobus Ivens (43), Rotterdam

• 1894 » Cecil M. Harden, American politician († 1984)
• 1897 » Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist († 1980)
• 1898 » René Magritte, Belgian painter († 1967)
• 1899 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha († 1987)
• 1899 » Jobyna Ralston, American actress († 1967)
• 1902 » Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster († 1985)
• 1902 » Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1902 » Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician († 1982)
• 1904 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1969)
• 1905 » Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer († 2006)

• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
• 1922 » Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
• 1926 » Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)

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.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

The temperature on November 21, 1900 was about 4.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.