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• Aldert Ploeger, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna DE RAAD, 's-Gravenhage
• Alida VAN KAMER, Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Alida Maria Zimmer, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana van Ree, Andelst (Gelderland) Nederland
• Alida Maria Clavaux, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hertgers, Apeldoorn
• Andries Lampe, Steenwijk († 1962)
• Alida Theodora Oosterveer, Wassenaar
• Adriana Heikoop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aldert Alberts Dob (85), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Diender (1), Kampen
• * Peter van den Oosterkamp (1), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Aartje Dekker (1), Papendrecht
• Abraham Morris (65), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van den Berge (80), Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna-Maria Kocx (17)
• Maas, Zundert
• Alberdina Weesenberg (79), IJsselmonde
• Overdijk, Delft

• 1895 » Abigail Mejia, Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator († 1941)
• 1895 » Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player († 1980)
• 1896 » Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1898 » Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter († 1973)
• 1901 » Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1986)
• 1901 » Joe Davis, English snooker player († 1978)
• 1901 » René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1993)
• 1902 » Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist († 2002)
• 1903 » John Williams, English-American actor († 1983)
• 1904 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator († 1948)

• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)

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 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on April 15, 1900 was about 15.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.