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• Alberta Martha Veer, Amersfoort, Utr, NL († 1979)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus van Puijenbroek, Goirle
• Albert Witte, Eierland
• van Puijenbroek, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna DE COCK, Melsele († 1986)
• Aagtje Zoon, dirksland (goeree overflakkee)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus van Puijenbroek, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Bogaart, Nistelrode,Bernheze,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1962)
• Amos Leonard Todd, Brown, Vinton, Ohio († 1949)
• Alberdina Meensina Gabel, Amsterdam

• Aafke Bansema (51), Utrecht
• Antonie Wilhelm Arends (53), Lent, Gelderland, Nederland
• Appollonia Alsemgeest (34), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Vaes (46), Zonhoven
• Charles Joseph HERMANT (77), Baisy-Thy, 1470, Brabant wallon, Wallonie, Belgique
• Anna Angela Nee (67), Sellingerbeetse, Nederland
• Amélie Isabelle Delaistre (67), Gland, 02 Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France
• Berend Klasens (Ouders:Klaas Wijtzes Blik, Hinderkien Roelfs Blik (geb. Smalbil)) Blik (71), Gieten, Nederland
• Apolonia Alsemgeest (34), ,, Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Andries Gerbens (Gerben Andries) Siegersma (73), Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)
• 1904 » Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)
• 1906 » Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place († 2005)
• 1907 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan († 1995)

• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)

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.
• March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on July 8, 1900 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.