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• Albert Koenes, Rasquert, gem. Baflo, Groningen, Nederland († 1994)
• Alida Hendrika van de Brink, Apeldoorn
• Aart van der Knaap, Rotterdam († 1986)
• Agnes Kerr Birrell, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK († 1982)
• Van Tichelen, Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1969)
• van Schilt, Bergen op Zoom († 1900)
• Beltman, Marle (Hellendoorn) († 1901)
• Aaltje Boon, Alkmaar († 1998)
• Albertje Moes, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Fokker, Loenen,, Utrecht, Nederland

• Adriaan Luijks (0), Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van den Heuvel (32), Bergen op Zoom
• van Schilt (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Anje Clevering (57), Uithuizen
• Antje Jongkind (60), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Kleijn (53), Rotterdam
• Anna Zeillemaker (22), Deventer
• Anje Clevering (57), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonetta Bartels (68), Zeelst
• Adriana van den Heuvel (32), Bergen op Zoom

• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
• April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on February 8, 1900 was about -4.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.