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• Adrianus van Orden, Styrum(D) († 1981)
• Agnietje Visser, Leeuwarden († 1990)
• Adrianus Stolk, IJsselmonde Z.H († 1993)
• Adriaan Rhee van der, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adrianus Johannes Brinkman, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Bruijnes, Vreeswijk
• Adrianus VAN ORDEN, Styrum (Duitsland)
• Adrianus Andeweg, IJsselmonde († 1907)
• Adriana Bakker, Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriaan van der Rhee, Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)

• Adriana Huijgens (0), Made en Drimmelen
• Alphonsus Joannes Vervullens (23), Reet
• Arien Laan (0), Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Rade (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna VAN DELLEN (0), Kollum Friesland Netherlands
• Arie Adrianus Boertjes (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Neeve (74), Boschkapelle, Hulst, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Nl
• Aitje Nieburg (71), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Sophia Oskam (13), Ruwiel
• Arie Cornelis Jansen (0), Zaamslag

• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
• 1891 » Marquis James, American journalist and author († 1955)
• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (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.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

The temperature on August 29, 1900 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.