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• Albertha van der Ende, Vlaardingen
• Alice Nona HELIN, Granby City, Newton, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1929)
• Agnes Woutera Bruurmijn, Vlijmen († 1901)
• Aagje Tjiets Hartland, Alkmaar
• Aagje Tjiets Hartland, Alkmaar, Nederland († 1986)
• Agnes de Haan, Portage (Kalamazoo County) (Michigan) († 1989)
• van Gelder, Winssen († 1988)
• Alfred Heinrich Fritz Wilhelm Goltermann, Section 20 († 1964)
• Adrianus de Crom, Woensdrecht, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Aasje Breedveld, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)

• Arij (Arie) Jabaaij (Jabbay) (81), Munster,Lake County,Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Jabaaij (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Annechien Meekhof (0), Ruinerdijk, Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arie Brouwer (37), Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Anna Catharina Vermeiren (83), Zundert (Nederland)
• Antonius Krah (62), Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen van Faassen (37), Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Minderhoud (0), Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Ekelenburg (0), Rotterdam
• Albertje Brunsting (52), Beilen, Drenthe (NL)

• 1898 » Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1899 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher († 1961)
• 1900 » Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature († 1998)
• 1900 » Margherita Bontade, Italian politician († 1992)
• 1901 » John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer († 1996)
• 1902 » Larry Fine, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist († 1984)
• 1903 » M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic († 1989)
• 1905 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress († 1987)
• 1905 » John Hoyt, American actor († 1991)

• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

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 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
• August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

The temperature on October 5, 1900 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.