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• Adriaan van Ast, Sint Maartensdijk († 1959)
• Aaltje Klaver, Wanneperveen {OV}
• Adriana Petronella Johanna van Pelt, Tilburg
• Alijda Bloemendal, Hoevelaken,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Leendert Ooms, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1967)
• Alida Kok, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth VERHOEFF, Groot Ammers
• Grietje Koopman, Tiendeveen
• Alida van den Donker, Amersfoort († 1982)
• Adriaan Mudde, Lekkerkerk

• Aaldert Slot (59), Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Bogers (57), Hoeven
• Anna Cornelia HENDRICKX (71), Vosselaar,2350,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Andries Haring (1), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Haverhals (83), Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Christina Wicart (87), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• * Geertruida Sophia (1) Baars (0), Waarder,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Smit (76), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bogers (57), Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Hendriksz (43), Holland

• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)
• 1899 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer († 1968)
• 1900 » Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 († 1961)
• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
• 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)

• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
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.
• January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
• February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

The temperature on January 6, 1900 was about 4.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.