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• Adrianus Vermeer, 's-Gravenhage
• Alberdina Gezina Heersping, Windeweer
• Albertus Janssen, Doorwerth († 1918)
• Adriana van Koeveringe († 1966)
• Achiel Juliaan CASTELEYN, Rumbeke († 1981)
• Adriaan Jacobus Filius, Wissenkerke, Nederland († 1966)
• Abram Suurbier, Amsterdam († 1974)
• Adrianus Schelle, Udenhout, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Adrianus Schellen, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1949)
• *Maria Mechelina Elisabeth van Dommelen, Maarssen, Utrecht, NL († 1903)

• Antje Schellingerhout (3), Heteren, Nederland
• Antje Smit (71), Roswinkel, Emmen
• Agatha Adriana van den Heuvel (0), Oudewater
• Anna Verton (37), Rotterdam
• Akke de Haan (58), Oosterzee, Friesland, Nederland
• "Gerarda" Grada Grada, Huissen, nl
• Adrianus van Wingerden (56), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Schrauwen (67), Zundert Noord Brabant (NL)
• Antje van Rijnswouw (64), Leiden
• Albert Wieringa (77), Bierum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1891 » Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia († 1962)
• 1892 » Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer († 1923)
• 1894 » Paul Green, American playwright and academic († 1981)
• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
• 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)
• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
• 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)
• 1907 » Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan († 1988)

• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)

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.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
• August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.