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• Albertus Wilbers, Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1901)
• Alida Wilhelmina Leertouwer, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Amanda Kabath, Neuguth (poln. Swierkocin), Powiat Czluchów, Woiwodschaft Pommern († 1963)
• * Maria Adriana van Delsen, Leerdam († 1991)
• Ademar Galvão de França Rangel, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil († 1956)
• antje nieuwenhuizen, Leiden-Zuid-Holland-NL († 1971)
• Adrianus Arend Franciscus Wittens, Princenhage († 1981)
• Anthonia Leewis, Rotterdam († 1901)
• Albert Marinus Kroon, Rotterdam († 1900)
• Allene Elizabeth Milligan

• Alice Maria VANLERBERGHE (0), Esen, 8600, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Herwig (0), Vlissingen
• Aaltje Korenblik (81), Gorssel
• Adriaan DAMEN (1), Hardinxveld
• Arie Van Duijvenboden (69), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Demmers (58), Udenhout
• Mobach (0), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Thiriard (50), Reims,51100,Marne,Grand Est, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Jansz van Duivenboden (69), Zandvoort
• Arend Jonker (0), Nijbroek (Gem. Voorst))

• 1895 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader († 1934)
• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)
• 1905 » Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot († 1930)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on May 18, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.