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• Aagje Fokker, Loenen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Flikweert, Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Beltman, Marle (Hellendoorn) († 1901)
• Hinnen, Schoonebeek
• Alida Hendrika van de Brink, Apeldoorn
• Agnes Cecilia Sweeney, Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Abraham Elsenaar, Delft, ZH, The Netherlands
• Aagje Fokker, Loenen († 1976)
• Aize Smit, De Wilp, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Boon, Alkmaar († 1998)

• Antonetta van de Ven (65), Boxtel, NL
• Anna Marie Ingebrigtsdatter (31), Norge
• Anje Clevering (57), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonetta Bartels (68), Zeelst
• Anthonia Thomasdr Hollander den (69), Hillegom
• Alouisius Weemaes (65), Meerdonk, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• van Schilt (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Annigje in't Veld (61), Rotterdam
• Adriana van den Heuvel (32), Bergen op Zoom
• Alida Jannetje van Staveren (27), Rotterdam, Holland (South), Netherlands

• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
• 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.

The temperature on February 8, 1900 was about -4.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.