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• Jacquelina Anna Zijlmans van Emmichoven, Rotterdam
• Anna (Johanna Maria Hermina) Wigman, Steenderen († 1982)
• Albertine BAZOT, Andard, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1978)
• Albert Schrik, Nieuwe Pekela († 1900)
• Adriana Kools, Teteringen
• Anna De Vos, Terwispel
• Jan de Boer, Leeuwarden
• Abraham Olivier, Utrecht († 1922)
• Adrianus de Visser, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Maria Baumann, Rotterdam († 1900)

• Anna Heemskerk (49), Leiden
• Anje Bouwes (39), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolphine DEBOSSCHERE (74), Bellegem, 8510, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Andries Pieterson (70), Oldemarkt
• Alida Delis (64), Schoorl, Nederland
• Aaltje Klazes Wedzinga (68), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Benjamin Constant De Somere (57), Gent
• Aaltje Klazes Wedsinga (68), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aareke de Jong (77), Beesd West Betuwe (GL)
• Andries Pieterson (70), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)
• 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)
• 1900 » Jessica Dragonette, American singer († 1980)
• 1903 » Stuart Erwin, American actor († 1967)
• 1905 » Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer († 1969)
• 1907 » Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer († 2003)

• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)

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 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The temperature on February 14, 1900 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.