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• Adriana Antonia Maria Dikmans, Tilburg († 1955)
• Aafje Mekkes, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1969)
• Alice Gump, Zürich (CH) († 1927)
• Anna Leonia Van Londersele, Ninove, België († 1900)
• Adriana Antonia Marie "Jana" Dikmans, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Albert Leslie Carlyle Swets, Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Anna Lindner, München /Beieren,de, Duitsland († 1956)
• Aagje Boudestein, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Adriana Sneep, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Achillus Josephus De Backer, Denderhoutem († 1979)

• Aede Postma (26)
• Anna Maria Broos (66), Wouw 4724, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Cornelia van den Ham (0), Woerden
• Berendina Johanna Maat (62), Dijkerhoek (Holten)
• Antje (Anna) Jans Keizer (45), La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Hubertus van den Abeelen (37), Tilburg
• Arie van Steenis (72), Neerijnen (NL)
• Asgal Chapel. Crosby [8] (39)
• Barthelina Sanderse (0), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Steennis (72), Neerijnen

• 1895 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author († 1986)
• 1895 » William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1899 » Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico († 1967)
• 1900 » Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress († 1971)
• 1901 » The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player († 1986)
• 1903 » Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII († 1969)
• 1903 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor († 1991)
• 1905 » Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada († 1994)
• 1907 » Katharine Hepburn, American actress († 2003)
• 1907 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter († 1993)

• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)

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 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on May 12, 1900 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.