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• Adrianus Johannes Jacobus Pieterse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius Wilhelm Borghoff, Apeldoorn
• Andries Martinus Schrama, Hillegom, Gemeente Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• ? Booij, Hollandscheveld († 1900)
• Albert A Ludens, Rural Lennox, South Dakota († 1976)
• Adriana Petronella Klaarenbeek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Aaltje van der Weide, Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1900)
• Adriana Vissers, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia CAMPBELL, Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States of America († 1980)
• Aaltje van der Weide, Hollandscheveld († 1900)

• Aaltje SCHOONE (53), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Steen (52), Oorderen
• Bootsma (0), Lemmer
• Agnes Campbell McIntosh (67), Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Mols (83), Grobbendonk
• Anna Maria Vanduyvenboden (42), Oostende
• Addolorata PALADINO (0), Caltanissetta,93100,Caltanissetta,Sicile,ITALIE
• Anna Maria van der Linden (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schone (53), Amsterdam
• Ale Wierstra (32), Beetgum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1894 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter († 1974)
• 1895 » Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author († 1981)
• 1898 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist († 1954)
• 1900 » Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician († 1942)
• 1903 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1905 » Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer († 1949)
• 1906 » Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City († 2001)
• 1906 » Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader († 1975)
• 1907 » Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator († 1990)

• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)

• 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 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.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on March 20, 1900 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.