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• Aaldert Slagter, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Ansen) († 1900)
• Andries de Vries, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Affiena Tjakkiena Klugkist, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1963)
• andreas smedts, helden
• Adrianus Cornelius van Iersel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Andries Haring, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Maria Ardaen, Oostende, Belgi († 1903)
• Aaltje Peddemors, almelo († 1900)
• Aaldert SLAGTER, Ansen, gemeente Ruinen († 1900)
• Aaltje Peper, Bellingwolde († 1974)

• Anna Maria Eggen (52), Berg en Terblijt
• Anthonie van Iwaarden (0), Krabbendijke
• Catharina Cornelia Boon (65), Den Haag
• Berend Wilms (69), Gasselte, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
• Botje Baukes de Boer- (68), Heeg, Nederland
• Anna Christina Francisca Philomena JACOBS (61), Wellen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• (Joh)anna Frederika Petronella Rensing (56), Roermond
• barbara detemple (75), greensburg, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Eggen (52), Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Hermina de Graaf (4)

• 1892 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain († 1975)
• 1892 » Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician († 1986)
• 1893 » Herbert Read, English poet and critic († 1968)
• 1895 » Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1897 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico († 1958)
• 1899 » Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager († 1953)
• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)
• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

• 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 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on December 4, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.