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• Adrianus Saarloos, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 1956)
• Alphonse Hubertus Dolmans, Itteren, Maastricht († 1977)
• Adriana LEEUWENBURGH, Mijnsheerenland († 1962)
• Adriana Leeuwenburgh, Mijnsheerenland
• Alexander Hamilton, 12 David Street, Glasgow
• Aaltje Geertruida Knol, gemeente Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Overzet, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1984)
• Abraham Monnikendam, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• , Giessendam, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltje Geertruida Knol, Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• Albert MEIJERING (73), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Meijering (73), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Agnes Adriana Piepers (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Schuurbiers (72), Halsteren, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Alvaretta May Jackman (35)
• Angelina Van Brussel (72), Brugge (BE)
• Alfred Magnussen Aakervik (9)
• anna maria bos (1), helden
• Akke (Sybrens) Walsweer (68), Hennaarderadeel
• Alberdina Francina Homburg (42), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1894 » Arthur Fiedler, American conductor († 1979)
• 1894 » Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner and soldier († 1969)
• 1894 » Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1895 » Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player († 1967)
• 1898 » Loren Murchison, American sprinter († 1979)
• 1900 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress († 1973)
• 1900 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos († 1998)
• 1903 » Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer († 1987)
• 1903 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator († 1999)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Neeltje
14. Petronella
15. Geertruida
16. Helena

• 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

The temperature on December 17, 1899 was about -2.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.