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• Buijs, Texel († 1900)
• Abraham Smoor, Maassluis, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Petrus van der Poel, Alkemade († 1969)
• Adrianus Theodorus Ruijssenaars, Zeist, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriana Johanna Ameling, Rotterdam († 1924)
• Adiana Sophia Elisabeth Macleane, Rossum, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus Theodorus van der Meer, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Albert Pieper, Nijkerk
• Alberdina Zwikker, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van der Poel, Alkemade († 1969)

• Adrianus GROES (84), Enkhuizen (Noord-Holland)
• Aafje Seijts, Sijts (59), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Ziedses des plantes Celine Margaretha Euphrosina (23), Apeldoorn (het Loo)
• (48), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Andre Alexandre Haschke (0), Leerdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aafke Hindriks Van Der Molen (95), Stedum
• Albert Jans Wolterman (74), Nieuweschans, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Fleerackers (76), Mechelen
• Adrianus VISSER (90), 's-Gravenmoer
• Aaltje Veuger (78), Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands(Alteveer)

• 1897 » Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer († 1946)
• 1898 » Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian († 1972)
• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author († 1960)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)
• 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
• 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)

• 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.
• January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on January 17, 1900 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.