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• Aafke Veldman, Uithuizermeeden († 1903)
• Adriana de Kluiver, Sliedrecht
• Adrianus Geelen, Everdingen
• Alida Hendrika Everdina VERMEER, Apeldoorn († 1973)
• Andries Van Seeters, Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1901)
• Adrianus van den Brand, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Andy Mack Todd ****, Lowgap, Surry, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Albert Ellen, Steenwijkerwold († 1901)
• Aaltje Talens, Beilen († 1988)
• Albert Pius Van de Putte, Oombergen († 1976)

• Cornelis van der Veldt (72), Beverwijk
• Carolus Van Doninck (76), Meerhout, België
• Bernardus Antonius Ramaaker (0), Heino
• Albert Johannesen van der Sloot (37), Zwartsluis
• Alphonsus Adrianus van den Bergh (2), Ossendrecht, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Elizabeth Schmid (3), Townsville Qld, Australië
• Neeltje van der Veldt (81), H aarlem
• Aaltje Jans Dunning (69), Haakswold gem. Ruinerwold
• Aaltje Schoemaker (5), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Ludikuse (21), 's-Gravenhage

• 1893 » Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1895 » Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina († 1974)
• 1895 » Zog I of Albania († 1961)
• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• 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.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

The temperature on October 8, 1900 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.