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• Agnes Ruwette, Aken (Dld)
• Richter, Stevensweert († 1900)
• Anna Philomena Van den bergh, Bornem
• Agatha De Wind, Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands († 1976)
• Aaltje Geerts Jongsma († 1989)
• Anna Elisabeth Tegeler († 1900)
• Adriana Cornelia van den Enden, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Alphonsus Hendrikus DERKS, Cuyk (NL/NB) († 1973)
• Alfred Frederick RAWLINSON
• Aalbert Klomp, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)

• Bernardus Jans Pompstra (52), Tietjerksteradeel (Friesland)
• Arend Hekhuizen (0), Den Haag
• Arnoldus Mattheus Straathof (3), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida KOCK (64), Bemmel
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Johannes Borman (79), Rotterdam
• Albertje Gerritsen (72), Zutphen, Gemeente Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Maria van Tiffelen (81), Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Barbara Butterfass (57), Pfeddersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Antonetta Catharina Petronella Hugens (0), Ossendrecht
• Arend Jan Beumer

• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)
• 1897 » Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist († 1958)
• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• 1900 » Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist († 1978)
• 1901 » Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1901 » John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany († 1991)
• 1903 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator († 1982)
• 1905 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor († 1951)
• 1905 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist († 1982)

• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
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.
• 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.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
• July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

The temperature on August 23, 1900 was about 17.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.