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• Aagje Distelvelt, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Adrianus van der Linden, Rotterdam
• Alida (Aaltje) (van) Hoegee, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bierma, Oostdongeradeel
• Albert Ids Bierma, Oostdongeradeel († 1986)
• adeline louise langen de witt hamer, batavia
• Adrianus Johannes Smits, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Aaltje Bouwman, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Vonk, Hoogblokland († 1955)
• Albert Augustus Almada, United States

• Aleida Catharina Nissink (83), .........
• adrianus van de WEG (30), dordrecht
• Adriaan Haverhals (83), Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Franken (0), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Rademakers, Dongen
• Anna Barbara Anna Maria Mofers (70), Antwerpen (B.)
• Anna Maria Geertruid Smeets (8), Nieuwenhagen
• Anna van Koerten (85), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrien Vincenten (86), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Bruins (33), Ruinen

• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)
• 1898 » Irving Rapper, American film director and producer († 1999)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)
• 1900 » Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank († 1945)
• 1900 » Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator († 1978)
• 1901 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba († 1973)
• 1902 » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary († 1945)
• 1903 » William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver († 1945)

• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)

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.
• May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on January 16, 1900 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.