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• Kluijfhout, Vlissingen († 1900)
• Adriaan van DORSSER, Beuningen
• Meers, Eigenbilzen († 1968)
• Antje van Rijn, 's-Gravenzande
• Adriaan Hendrik Belinfante Belinfante, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Aaltje Reitsma, Sexbierum, Barradeel († 1987)
• Adriana Elisabeth Bogerd, Vianen († 1902)
• Adriana Catherina Kortsmit, Zevenbergen (NL)
• Adronie Maria Padot, Ruddervoorde
• de Vries, Zaamslag († 1900)

• Anna Hubertina Baumgarten (0), Bocholtz
• Aagje Looije (0), Rotterdam
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van van Steijn (0), Aarlanderveen
• Adrianus de Vetten (63), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wilbrink (1), Borger
• Adrianus Keeris (73), Knegsel
• Adriana Maria Bijl (52), Schiedam
• Simons (0), Beek
• Anna Huisman (70), Vrijenban
• (1) Geertje Jonkerman (75), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)

• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

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 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
• May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on January 31, 1900 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.