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• Anna Helena Logister, Nieuwenhagen († 1937)
• Aletta, Paulina van Arkel, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Albertus Keijzer, Leiden
• Adrianus Petrus de Bock, Vianen († 1994)
• Albertus Mattheus Franciscus Jägers, Utrecht († 1970)
• Ada Eggink († 1975)
• Schout, Biggekerke
• Agatha van Veen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Albertus Keijzer, Leiden
• Afonso Costa, Coimbra, Portugal († 1983)

• Aartje van Weeghel (38), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bastiaan van der Swann (80), Bangil, Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia
• Aalbert Veldhuisen (69), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie GROEN (53), Noordwijk
• Berendina van den Broek (0), Leersum, Nederland
• Barend Cornelis Gorter (87), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Aalt Lokhorst (67), Noordlaren, Nederland
• Alida Boudewina Schuld (44), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aalt Lokhorst (67), Noordlaren, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sytses Andela (41), Sloten

• 1895 » Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator († 1984)
• 1896 » Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia († 1984)
• 1899 » Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer († 1973)
• 1900 » Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer († 1999)
• 1900 » V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic († 1997)
• 1901 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author († 1978)
• 1902 » Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright († 1999)
• 1903 » Hardie Albright, American actor († 1975)
• 1903 » Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet († 1996)

• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)

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 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• 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.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on December 16, 1900 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.