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• * Jan de Jong, Lexmond († 1946)
• Anna Maria Paulissen, Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht († 1917)
• Adriana Schilder, Hof van Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus Nijland, Hengelo († 1900)
• Anna Maria Lahaye, Maastricht
• Andries Bosma, Oranjedorp, Emmen
• Albertus Hendrikus Nijland, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1900)
• Anna Maria Hendrina van den Heurik, Nederweert († 1962)
• Alice Hildegard Wegener, Calaraçi (Roe) († 1989)
• Allegonda van den Bungelaar, Mill en st Hubert († 1900)

• Adriaan de Greef (69), Zeelst
• * Johanna Peek (0)
• Beelen (7), Oosteinde (Ermelo)
• Trof (0), Termunten, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Helena Barten (73), Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Verhoof (69), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Bouwmeester (21), Diepenveen
• Anna Maria Maas (92), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aart Meernik (Meernek) (70), Hilversum
• Aaltje Boer* (53), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1893 » Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player († 1967)
• 1896 » Arthur Shields, Irish republican and actor († 1970)
• 1897 » Gerrit Kleerekoper, Jewish-Dutch gymnast and coach († 1943)
• 1898 » Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1899 » Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress († 1985)
• 1899 » Georges Auric, French composer († 1983)
• 1904 » Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager († 1983)
• 1904 » Mary Adshead, English painter († 1995)
• 1905 » Harold Arlen, Jewish-American composer († 1986)
• 1907 » Jean Langlais, French organist and composer († 1991)

• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)

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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• 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.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.

The temperature on February 15, 1900 was about -1.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.