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• Jan Douma, Weststellingwerf Friesland
• Albert D. Miles, Marion Township, Linn County, Iowa († 1969)
• Violet Austman, Winnipeg, Canada († 1929)
• Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina van Wezel, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina van Wezel, Utrecht
• Adriana Elisabeth van der Pols, Rhoon († 1991)
• Albert Greven, Valthermond, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1983)
• Besuijen, Sint Laurens
• Adrianus Jacobs, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Kok, Groningen († 1993)

• Aaltjen van Schooten (67), Erve Scholthof, Kring van Dorth
• Anna Barbera Gouders (54), Vaals,Gemeente Vaals,Limburg,Nederland
• Aaltje Geerts Tromp (83), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrew Petersen Peterson, Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Albert W Kay (83)
• Adrianus,Adriaan Meyvis (93), Baarle Hertog/zondereigen
• Adriaan van den Hurk (69), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Marinus Verschure (0), Geertruidenberg
• Aart van HEES (78), Zuilichem
• Adrianus Sens (82), Heusden

• 1898 » Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic († 1986)
• 1898 » Hans Krebs, German general († 1945)
• 1899 » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author († 1962)
• 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)
• 1900 » Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter († 1971)
• 1901 » Charles Goren, American bridge player and author († 1991)
• 1901 » Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1901 » Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit († 1986)
• 1902 » Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress († 1993)
• 1902 » Russell Reeder, American soldier and author († 1998)

• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
• 1903 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
• 1906 » John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
• 1915 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
• 1925 » James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)

• 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 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on March 4, 1900 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.