About the day » Monday February 5, 1900Calender converter

• Adriana van der Straaten, Rotterdam
• Albertje Engels, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• * Maria Kers, Schoonrewoerd († 1990)
• Albertje Talens, Eelde († 1902)
• Adrianus Damen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1900)
• Aaldrika Vos, Loppersum
• Adrianus Hendrik Verschuren, Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1900)
• Adrianus van de Ven, Berlicum
• Adriana Agnes van Tol, Wassenaar
• Abraham van Pelt, Oostvoorne, Voorne aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1964)

• Aimé Léopold Calixte DELATER (60), Quaedypre... Hauts de France
• Albert Fokkes BROUWER (84), Workum(Friesland)
• Albertus Top (77), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana den Drijver (84), Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Van KEPPEL (71), Jutphaas
• Adriana Carolina ten Hoonte (66), de Bilt
• Adriana van Melsen (1), Haarlem
• Absolon BUSCHGENS (62), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adriana Van Melsen (2), Haarlem Noord-Holland Nederland
• Albert Brouwer (84), Workum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France († 2000)
• 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)
• 1908 » Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress († 1932)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

• 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 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
• April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

The temperature on February 5, 1900 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.