About the day » Monday December 17, 1900Calender converter

• Andries Dees, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1901)
• Anna Maria Moonen, Vlijmen († 1992)
• Achille Cyriel DEMULDER, Oudenburg († 1970)
• Adriana Johanna Nieberg, Schiedam,- († 1993)
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Ingen, Utrecht
• Aloysius Maria Hassing, Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Albertus Kramer, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van Dalen, Brakel
• Adriaan de Kraker, Niew en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Anna Versteeg, Jutphaas

• Bastiaan Klaasz Huigen (66), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina Nijkels (42), Avereest
• Antje van den Berg (73), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje van Wijngaarden (34), Woubrugge
• Arie van Bezooijen (80), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Abraham van 't Leven (2), Krabbendijke
• Arie van Bezooijen (80), Zevenbergen
• Antonia Wilhelmina van Vliet (24), Leiden
• Anna Antoinetta Boumans (0), Voerendaal
• Clemencia de Backer, Brussel (B)

• 1895 » Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player († 1967)
• 1898 » Loren Murchison, American sprinter († 1979)
• 1900 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress († 1973)
• 1900 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos († 1998)
• 1903 » Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer († 1987)
• 1903 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1905 » Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator († 1975)
• 1905 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India († 1992)
• 1905 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper († 2002)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

The temperature on December 17, 1900 was about 4.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.