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• Aleida ENgelina Asbroek, Hengelo († 1973)
• Aaltje van den Akker, Nijkerk († 1991)
• Adrianus Lucia de Bot, Dussen,Gemeente Werkendam,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Alida de Laar, Maarn,Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug,Utrecht,Nederland († 1971)
• Albert de Groot
• Adriana van der Krans, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph J Opfinger, Bronx, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Albertus de Groot, Sint Pancras († 1979)
• Albertus Emilius Peeters, Boutersem
• Adrianus Harkes, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1983)

• Agatha Egberts (39), Wilnis
• adrianus de REUS (86), woldendorp
• Adriana van de Wint (0), Velsen
• Antonij Jannes van het Hekke (65), Brummen
• Agnes Maria Jeannette Sophia barones van Lamsweerde (70), Sambeek,Gemeente Boxmeer,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Jurz (42), Buckley
• Agnes Maria Jeanette Sophia van Lamsweerde (70), Sambeek
• Anna van den Berg (0), Hillegom,Hillegom,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adrianus Jansz van Dis (81), Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)
• Antonie van Alphen (0), Fijnaart

• 1895 » Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet († 1969)
• 1896 » Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman († 1961)
• 1896 » Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic († 1987)
• 1897 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet († 1982)
• 1898 » Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator († 1944)
• 1898 » Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1899 » Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer († 1966)
• 1900 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)

• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)

• 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 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

The temperature on October 3, 1900 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.