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• Albert Kool, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Struijs, Tilburg († 1901)
• Antoon van Stralen, Leeuwarden
• Adelbertus Zentveld, Egmond Binnen († 1952)
• Aize Jongsma, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)
• Antonius EIJSVOGELS, Oss,Brabant,Netherlands († 1968)
• Adriana van Dijck, Rucphen
• Anna Rachel De Bosschere, Scheldewindeke († 1973)
• Anna Clasina Dommisse, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, NL († 1900)
• antje zijp, purmerend

• Antonetta van der Aa (66), Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette LEBLANC (86), New Richmond
• Alfons Jakob Vercauteren (0), Sinaai-Waas
• Antje Wijkstra (0), Niebert, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Angenita Zwart (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aleida Hogenes (0), Breukelen-Nijerode
• Abele Berends Sikkens (50), Gerkesklooster
• Antonia Jansje Heikoop (25)
• Annigje Verheij (65), Brummen
• Adrianus Peeters (0), Gilze en Rijen

• 1893 » Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor († 1962)
• 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)

• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)

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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
• February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

The temperature on October 2, 1900 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.