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• Anna Maria Gietemans, Ottersum († 1976)
• Adriaan Pleijsier, Rotterdam († 1901)
• Achille Hinderyckx, Ichtegem,8480,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1977)
• Adrianus van Kaam, Oud en Nieuw Gastel (Halderberge), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1901)
• Adrianus Pos, Loosdrecht († 1973)
• Adrianus Johannes (Andre) van Uden, Boxtel († 1967)
• Achille Hinderyckx, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1977)
• Anna Maria Moerkens, Rilland-Bath, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida SLOETJES, Westendorp († 1909)
• Anna Maria Gietemans († 1976)

• Adriana van Uden (67), Udenhout (Udenhout) (Noord-Brabant)
• Arie Teunis VERKAIK (0), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Paulowna Schönecker, (Amsterdam )
• Andries Benjaminszn Wolff (69), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Rijkers (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aart Sloesarwij (18)
• Adriana van Uden (67), Udenhout, NL
• Aaldert SLAGTER (0), Ansen, gemeente Ruinen
• Adrianus - Franciscus - Josephus Luyckx (78), Antwerpen, Gemeente Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aaltje (2) ter Maat (67), Brummen

• 1895 » E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist († 1978)
• 1897 » Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner († 1987)
• 1897 » Ville Pörhölä, Finnish shot putter and discus thrower († 1964)
• 1898 » Baby Dodds, American drummer († 1959)
• 1900 » Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki († 1980)
• 1900 » Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland († 1991)
• 1903 » Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer († 1971)
• 1903 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director († 1972)
• 1904 » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman († 2008)

• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)

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 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

The temperature on December 24, 1900 was about -1.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.