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• Allegonda van Liessum, Nijmegen
• Adrianus Johannes Weijers, Lisse († 1971)
• Adiana Sophia Elisabeth Macleane, Rossum, Nederland († 1966)
• Adriana Hendrika van Kluiven, Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Smoor, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alida Margaret "Lydia" Hiskes, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1937)
• Adrianus Thedorus van der Meer, Stompwijk († 1944)
• Alberdina Zwikker, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus van der Meer, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Petrus van der Poel, Alkemade († 1969)

• Aafje Sijts (59), Spanbroek
• Buijs (0), Texel
• Adrianus Fleerackers (76), Mechelen
• Aaltje Veuger (78), Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands(Alteveer)
• Adriana den Os (32), Gouda,Gouda,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Veuger (78), Hoogeveen
• Agnes Catharina van Dorst (0), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Albert Martin (72), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Koster (79), Den Oever
• Adrianus Huibertsz Groes (84), Enkhuizen

• 1897 » Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer († 1946)
• 1898 » Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian († 1972)
• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author († 1960)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)
• 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
• 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)

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 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

The temperature on January 17, 1900 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.