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• Aaltje Hofman, Sappemeer (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• albertus franciscus merkx, culemborg († 1972)
• Albertus Gerhardus GERBRANDS, Rheden († 1901)
• Adriaan Heijboer, Nieuwerkerk († 1900)
• Albertus Franciscus Merkx, Culemborg
• Abraham Vreugdenhil, Voorburg († 1956)
• Alfred H Fuller
• Adrianus Stephanus Wilhelmus Coster, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Alida Johanna van Loo, Utrecht
• Agenor Rodrigues Oliveira, Guarei, São Paulo, Brasil

• Adrianus Oonincx (59), Teteringen
• Alfred Tomlinson (84), Walton, Hants County, Nova Scotia
• Aartje Werfhorst van de (58), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Jo)anna Catharina Van De Bogaert (82), Zandvliet-Antwerpen, België
• Aartje Quak (62), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius van Bladel (0), Waalwijk
• Alexander Carel Bouwmeester (77), Ommen
• Adriana Helena Van der Bom (67), Gouda
• Adriana Antonia van Lunssen (0), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aarjen Bakker (70), Oudkarspel,1724,Langedijk,Noord-Holland,Nederland

• 1888 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist († 1970)
• 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
• 1891 » R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker († 1968)
• 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)
• 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)
• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)
• 1906 » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1989)

• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

The temperature on January 29, 1900 was about 1.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.