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• Abraham van Montfoort, Utrecht
• Aloysius Hermanus Franciscus Johannes van Kesteren, Kortenhoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Baremans, Etten-Leur, Nederland († 1985)
• Abraham de Mooij, Rotterdam
• Alida Hazelhorst († 1983)
• Aleide Geertruida Klappe, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allan Smith, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire († 1977)
• Anna Elisabeth Piest, Steenwijk, Nederland († 1955)
• Andries van Os, Amsterdam († 1901)
• Alida Jacoba Hazelhorst, 's-Gravenhage

• Antonie Dirk Mol (0), Werkendam (Altena) (Noord-Brabant)
• Aartje Aarsen (78), Putten, Nederland
• Adolf Heinrich Rudolf Moellenkamp (39), Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
• Antonius Huis in 't Veld (60), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonie van Rooij (68), Zesgehuchten
• Adrianus DE LEENER (81)
• Adrianus Marten PIJNENBORG (83), Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Arie Boots (60), De Rijp
• Antonius Huis In 't Veld (60), Raalte
• Arie van Klaveren (1), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1892 » Henry Darger, American writer and artist († 1973)
• 1894 » Dorothy Cumming, Australian-American actress († 1983)
• 1894 » Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal († 1964)
• 1898 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1901 » Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician († 1962)
• 1902 » Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1903 » Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1907 » Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial († 2003)
• 1907 » Zawgyi, Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic († 1990)
• 1908 » Ida Pollock, English author and painter († 2013)

• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)

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.
• January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

The temperature on April 12, 1900 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.