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• Alfred Park JAFFRAY († 1979)
• Aldrich John Nedved, somewhere in IA († 1976)
• Annigje Van Blanken, Zwartsluis,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Boone, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1980)
• Schepers, Bergen op Zoom († 1900)
• Adriana Johanna Marie van Huizen, Haarlem
• Adrianus Johannes Steijns, Oud Vossemeer, Zeeland,Nederland
• (doodgeboren) Van Halteren, Tilburg, Nederland († 1900)
• ALPHONS AUGUST LEONIE NAUDTS, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1959)
• Alberdina Henrica Stax, Boxmeer († 1975)

• Aaltje Hendriks Smit (63), Giethoorn, Nederland
• Albert Willem van Elburg (86)
• Washakie (90), Fort Washakie, Fremont, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Sinkgraven (0), Peize,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Auke van der Stel
• Adrianus de Bot (66), Dussen
• Aaltje Kwast (70), Den Helder, Nederland
• Aaltje Kwast (70), Den Helder
• Adriaan Adrianus de Bodt (66), Dussen, Nederland
• (doodgeboren) Van Halteren (0), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1895 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer († 1924)
• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)
• 1898 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher († 1992)
• 1899 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1901 » Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building († 1974)
• 1901 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt († 1984)
• 1901 » Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency († 1978)
• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)
• 1904 » Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1980)

• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)

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.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
• December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

The temperature on February 20, 1900 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.