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• Amédée Louis Touzeau, Antigny, 86006, France († 1971)
• Anna Maria Bongers, Zeeland (N.Br.) († 1901)
• Annigje Lok, Wanneperveen († 1974)
• Aartje Mulder, Apeldoorn († 1944)
• Antoinetta Elisabeth Schuurbiers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Antje Jacobs Batema, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Lieshout († 1953)
• Anna Boven, Zuidbroek († 1969)
• Antonia Augusta van Gijn, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antoinetta Elisabeth SCHUURBIERS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1994)

• Betje van Scherrenburg (76), Ede
• Christina Morren (66), Amersfoort
• Andrew Albert Bush (11), Yass, N.S.W. Australia
• Charlotta Anna Charlotta Faber (70), Arnhem
• Antoon Friesen (69), Venray
• Anne Goyette (16)
• Anselm Kweller (44), Weissensee Cemetary, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Albertus Nijland (1), Zwolle
• Aukje Gooitzens Nicolai (0), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberta Cornelia van den Berg (4), Zaandam, Nederland

• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)
• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)

• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (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.
• 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.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

The temperature on June 8, 1900 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.