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• Adriana Ida Christina Schoonenberg, Eindhoven († 1902)
• Aaltje Slimmens, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Croes, Semarang
• Pelle, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Arie Dikstra, IJsselmonde, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriaan Wilmsen, Merksplas, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1988)
• Albert Derks († 1959)
• Alphonsus de Maat, Hontenisse († 1976)
• adrianus arie dikstra, ijsselmonde († 1967)
• Albertina Pinto Rodrigues, Justes, Vila Real, Portugal († 1979)

• Aart de Jong (79), Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria de Kleijn (76), Leeuwen
• Aart JONG, de (79), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Aaltina Tijl (76), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolphus NAERT (58), Oostende Belgie
• Anna Catharina SCHEEPERS (82), Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriana de Bruijne (67), Middelburg
• Antonie van Brakel (1), Gameren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Fanoy (7), Vlissingen
• Anna Catharina Scheepers (81), Wouw

• 1897 » Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author († 1978)
• 1897 » Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect († 2000)
• 1897 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician († 1945)
• 1897 » William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy († 1989)
• 1898 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author († 1978)
• 1898 » Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist († 1948)
• 1898 » Randolph Scott, American actor († 1987)
• 1899 » Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot († 1931)
• 1900 » William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor († 1988)
• 1901 » Arthur Wirtz, American businessman († 1983)

• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)

• 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

The temperature on January 23, 1900 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.