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• Adriana Joanna de Rooij, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1986)
• Alida Clasina Lagerweij, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Linschoten, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Hubertina Schott, den haag
• Aaldert Boertien, Hollandscheveld († 1962)
• Abraham Antonius de Wit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1982)
• Albert Eudore De Winter, Denderhoutem (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1993)
• "Edith" Philomène Marie Joseph Bernard de Montessus, Lyon († 1956)
• Anje Huizinga, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 1901)
• Andrew William Fuerst, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio († 1981)

• Ane Anes de Graad (61)
• Christiaan Muur (73), Lula gem. Hoogezand
• Blazina Geertruida Schrier (2), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• ADRIANUS MILO (25), ROTTERDAM
• Anna s' Jacob (43), 's-Gravenhage
• Ane de Graad (61), Franeker
• Antonij Kreijn (Krijn) (65), Zwolle
• Amelia Cook (70), Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen Mastenbroek (82), Blokzijl, Nederland
• "Wilhelm" Ludwig Friedrich Georg Emil Philipp Gustav Ferdinand von Hessen-Darmstadt (54), Darmstadt, Allemagne

• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)
• 1895 » Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications († 1979)
• 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
• 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
• 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 1968)
• 1902 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor († 2004)
• 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
• 1905 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)

• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)

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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
• February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.

The temperature on May 24, 1900 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.