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• Alida Cornelia Maria van den Berg, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Adrianus Smal, Hensbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aafje Bouma, Sint Jacobaparochie
• Adrianus Louis Hendrik Jacob van Ravesteijn, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1973)
• Adriaan Willem Jongman, Den Helder († 1977)
• Adriaan Willem Jongman, Nieuw Helvoet († 1977)
• Alexandre Cerutti, Maison-Carrée (El Harrach), Alger, Algérie († 1984)
• Adrianus Cornelis Janssens, Geertruidenberg
• Adrianus Boom, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Albert Ebbers, Doetinchem (Ambt) († 1986)

• Aaltje van de Riet (49), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Jansen (81), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria JANSEN (81), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Katgert (35), Deventer
• Cornelis Johannes Wiggelinkhuizen (67), Leerdam
• Aaltien de Vries (85), Smalbroek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Kloots (65), De Werken, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries, Smalbroek (Beilen)
• Alberdina Katgert (35), Deventer
• Adriana van Melsen (1), Haarlem

• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France († 2000)
• 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)
• 1908 » Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress († 1932)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• 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.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.

The temperature on February 5, 1900 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.