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• Adrianus Hendrik van Rijswijk, Den Haag, Z.H., Holland († 1900)
• Huijbens, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Marie Henri Gerard von Croÿ, Rumillies († 1981)
• Abraham Van der Harst, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Schipper, Bergschenhoek
• Albert Maria Hendrik Gerard Prins van Croy-Dülmen, Rumillies, Henegouwen († 1981)
• Adrianus Huisman, Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria van der Zwaan
• ... GOMMERS, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1900)
• Kruithof, Almelo († 1900)

• Aafje Wilms (27), haarlem (noord holland)
• Alle van Dijk (6), Suwald, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Johanna Verburgh (83), Vlaardingen
• Abraham Willem Barends (44), Batavia (Djakarta)
• Kruithof (0), Almelo
• Aagje VERLOOP (1), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Bonink (0), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Stokvis (67), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Huls (27), Compasuum (Emmen)
• Albert Bastiaan van der Laan (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)
• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)
• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)

• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
• December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

The temperature on February 24, 1900 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.