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• Aartje Soeters, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Buschman, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• aldegonda anna maria lucker, tegelen († 1973)
• Adrianus Wilhelm RINK († 1951)
• Ada Ellen Schoenthal, Sioux Falls, Iowa, U.S.A († 1989)
• Allene Elizabeth Milligan
• Albertus Wilbers, Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1901)
• Anne Marie McCabe, 49 Mary Street, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland († 1959)
• Anna Joanna EMBRECHTS, Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Annechina Nagengast, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland

• Adriaan DAMEN (1), Hardinxveld
• Arie Jansz van Duijvenboden (69), Zandvoort
• Aaltje van den Heuvel (68), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aplonia Jacoba Diederik (0), Schipluiden
• Adriaan Dame (1), Hardinxveld
• Antje Frans (0), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Marinus Geerdink (0), Hengelo
• Antonie Sebregts (62), Etten-Leur (Etten-Leur) (Noord-Brabant)
• Aaltje Korenblik (81), Gorssel
• Antonius Maes (66), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België

• 1895 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader († 1934)
• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)
• 1905 » Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot († 1930)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on May 18, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.