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• Alois Arickx, Tielt
• Amalia Josephina Snoek, Zaandam (NL) († 1992)
• Anganita Lankhaar, Eethen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Aletta Breedveld, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina Carlascio, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1921)
• Anna Carolina Hansen, Batjan (N.O.I.) († 1988)
• Angela Adelheid Schütte, Veersen († 1900)
• Ange Valere Nollet, Wervik, West-Vlaanderen (B)
• Angela Adelheid Schütte, Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1900)
• Alberdina Teuntje Metzke, Vrijhoeve Capelle († 1984)

• Annigje Romijn (85), giessendam (zuid holland)
• Albert Michel René DEWITTE (0), Bailleul,59270,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Anna Louws (84), Domburg
• Aaltje Willems Wiersema (64), Oostdongeradeel
• Antonie de Jong (82), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Pluim (49), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Van den Bosch (71), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• antje leverts zweep (64), oude pekela
• Alida Roelands (64), Bergen op Zoom
• Alardus Ringersma (15), Wirdum

• 1895 » Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player († 1967)
• 1897 » Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian († 1980)
• 1898 » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist († 1976)
• 1899 » Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins († 1980)
• 1899 » László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen († 1985)
• 1901 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1901 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Diana Vreeland, American journalist († 1989)
• 1903 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (1946-1952) († 1983)
• 1904 » Greer Garson, English-American actress († 1996)

• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).
• 1925 » Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)

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 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on September 29, 1900 was about 12.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.