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• Adrianus Althuizen, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert François Jean Julien Lilar, Antwerpen
• Adrianus Fransz Koeman, Noordwijk († 1989)
• Aaltje Bos, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Dieleman, Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1958)
• Albertje Wuite, Opsterland
• Lamsma, Leeuwarderadeel († 1900)
• Aaltje van Rees, Vlaardingen († 1994)
• Adrianus Koeman, Noordwijk († 1989)
• Abraham Johannes van Vliet, Amsterdam († 1975)

• Anthonia van der Borden (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham De Blaeij (1), Hoek
• Berendina VAN DER VEEN (1), Groningen
• CAROLUS LUDOVICUS WILLOCKX (81), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Jacobus Johannes Antonius de Ruijter (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Catharina Frankhuizen (84), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antje Dimmendal (41), IJzevoorde (Doetinchem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendje Jans Brandenburg (69)
• Anthonij_Cornelis van der Lem (0), Den Haag
• Anne Elisabeth Hermens (80), Oirsbeek

• 1889 » Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist († 1988)
• 1890 » Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1891 » John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1980)
• 1892 » Rebecca West, English journalist and author († 1983)
• 1892 » Walter Hagen, American golfer († 1969)
• 1896 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II († 1968)
• 1900 » Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president († 1965)
• 1905 » Anthony Powell, English author († 2000)
• 1905 » Käte Fenchel, German mathematician († 1983)
• 1909 » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author († 1992)

• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)

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 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

The temperature on December 21, 1900 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.