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• Wolter De Groote, Emmen († 1902)
• Niesje Hemmer, Mijdrecht († 1947)
• Alexander Jakobus Marie Ploergaert, Philippine, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vos, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1963)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Clasina Sikkel, Hilversum
• Aleida Kreijenveld, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1985)
• Aalbert van Os († 1966)
• Allegonda Moonen, Rotterdam, prov. Zuid Holland
• Adriana van den Berg, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Pijl, Zwolle († 1989)

• Aaltje Sipkes van Sinderen (39), Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pluys (21), Noorderwijk, Herentals, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana van Loon (70), Roosendaal
• Abraham Hendriksz Troost (69), Haarlemmermeer
• Adriana Rijnberg (19)
• (Stillborn) LEVINGA (0), Westerbroek (Hoogezand) Groningen Netherlands
• Annigjen Gozems Boers (69), Eemster (Dwingeloo)
• Annigje Boers (69), Eemster (Dwingeloo) 18
• Adriana Francina Rijnberg (19), Sint Maartensdijk,Gemeente Tholen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• (4), Brouwershaven

• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)
• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat († 1944)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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 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.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

The temperature on August 9, 1900 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.