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• Adriana Booster, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries (Andrew) van de Wetering, Elburg († 1967)
• Andrew van Wettering († 1967)
• Alouisius Fransiscus Vonk, hontenissen
• Alois Decommer, Passendale
• Aaltje Kunst, Oudorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Algonda Maria Wilhelmina Mulder, Hengelo, aan de Parallelweg
• Alida Schouten, Langerak († 1936)
• Albertina Mensink, Alkmaar
• Adriana Swanenberg, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)

• Andries Neij (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Jans Ney (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Haven (74), Noordeloos
• Alida Bankras (1), Hoogwoud
• Anna Catharina Sturmans (84), Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Jans Ney- (51), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Spijker (0), Deventer
• Antonetta Merkelbach (0), Den Dungen
• Antoinette Robillard (71), L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Québec
• Andries Arnoldus (13), heusden

• 1893 » Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher († 1979)
• 1894 » Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director († 1970)
• 1895 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author († 1980)
• 1896 » Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager († 1964)
• 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
• 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)
• 1900 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician († 1945)
• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

• 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.
• February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

The temperature on October 7, 1900 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.