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• Aleida Johanna Olde Wolsink, Hengelo († 1968)
• Adriaan Does, Goes
• Adrianus Zaal, Amsterdam {NH}
• Agnes Beckers, Monchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1967)
• Anthonius Willebrordus Tijssen, Zoeterwoude H93 († 1978)
• Aleida Antonia Plasman, Vossebelt, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)
• Antonie Albertus Denekamp, Doesburg
• Aart van Woensel, zwartewaal
• Andries Bosscha, Blankenham,Gemeente Steenwijkerland,Overijssel,Nederland († 1972)
• Antje Sjoerds Plantinga, Tietjerksteradeel

• Bartholomeus Luijendijk (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Cornelis Franciscus van der Plas (1), Amsterdam
• Adriana Jansen (2), Rotterdam
• Albertine Christina Feteris (16), Utrecht
• Akke Droge (65), Sneek
• ANTONIA DORST (67), Roosendaal en Nispen, NL
• Antonia van Dorst (77), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Arthur De Bruyne (0), Evangeliestraat, Hamme, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Berendina (Dokter) Kis (63)
• Antonia van Dorst (67), Roosendaal

• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)
• 1908 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1910 » James McCormack, American general († 1975)
• 1911 » Al Brosch, American golfer († 1975)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

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 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

The temperature on November 8, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.