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• Alfons Vrancken, Vorst Kempen, 2430, België
• Abraham Boutkan, Hellevoetsluis († 1978)
• Adriana Maria Leonia Vercauteren, Sinaai-Waas († 1978)
• Adriana Eilander, Vaassen (Gem.Epe)
• Alida Maria Harte († 1957)
• Adrianus Nuiten, Fijnaart († 1984)
• Aart Renes, Leiden
• Adrianus-Cornelis_Johanneszn. VAN HOOF, Mierlo
• Aime Petrus VAN STEENBERGHE, Sint-Lievens-Esse, 9550, Flandre Orientale, Flandre, BELGIQUE
• Alberdiena Mennega, Tynaarlo (Vries) († 1925)

• Aafje Visser (58), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aleida Maria Daatselaar (74), Hoogland
• Albertus Barends (0), Harderwijk
• Abraham Johannes Kors (57), Leiden
• Aleida Maria van Daatselaar (74), Hoogland
• Adelheid Maria Augustine Manderbach (86), Gent, Vlaanderen
• Goedhart, Waddinxveen
• Akke Willems van der Veen (52), Tietjerksteradeel
• Alida Cundera Verschoor (83), Sliedrecht
• Aaltje Willemsen (28), Axel, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherland

• 1895 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat († 1948)
• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)

• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

• 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.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
• July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

The temperature on January 2, 1900 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.