About the day » Sunday January 7, 1900Calender converter

• Adrianus Belt, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Dörr, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Reker, Winsum († 1969)
• ? Veldhuizen, Leiden († 1900)
• Abram van de Grijp, Vlissingen († 1942)
• Adriaan van der Lugt, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Willem Porte, Oldeboorn
• Albertus van Rooij, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1900)
• Adela Johanna van de Mutter, Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Elsa Von Prittwitz, Kawallen, Breslau, Schlesien, Preußen, Deutschland

• Adriaan Reijnierse (0), Koudekerke
• Anna Luthera Elisabeth Jos. Tuuk, van der (50), Doetinchem
• Anna Luthera Elisabeth Josefin van der Tuuk (50), Doetinchem-Stad
• Aleida Mekenkamp (76), Noord Eschmarke (Lonneker)
• Adriaantje van Holten (64), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Martin (72), Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria Francisca Kloppers (0), Kethel en Spaland
• Anna Maria Sevenants (71), Lubbeek
• Albertus Abbink (80), Vriezenveen
• André Adolphe Baudry (60), Sainte Hermine, 85210, France

• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)
• 1899 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1900 » John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer († 1969)
• 1906 » Red Allen, American trumpet player († 1967)
• 1910 » Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas († 1994)
• 1912 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family († 1988)
• 1913 » Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1993)

• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)

• 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.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
• May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

The temperature on January 7, 1900 was about 1.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.