About the day » Wednesday January 3, 1900Calender converter

• Adrianus Spaan, Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1975)
• Albertje Veenstra, Rinsumageest, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart van Someren, Nijkerk († 1944)
• Albert Kroezen, Stad-Almelo
• Albert Woldring, Hemmen (Gelderland) († 1995)
• Alberta Janna Horsman, Lenthe, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Cornelia Anna Franzen, Rotterdam
• Alberta Janna Horsman, Dalfsen
• Adriana Cornelia Aerts, Etten
• Albertus Schilder, Vreeland († 1952)

• Abraham Lopes Cardozo (60), Amsterdam
• Andries Buijs (72), Terheijden
• ammerensie van der KRAAN (74), schiedam
• Adriana de Jong (62), Oosterhout
• Alouisius Petrus de Roover (0), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Straathof (10), Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Sellies (75), Veecaten, Nederland
• Adriana Langerveld (61), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Brandsma (82), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana van KEULEN, Ammerzoden,, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
• 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)

• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)

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.
• January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.

The temperature on January 3, 1900 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.