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• Alida Schmidt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blomenkamp († 1900)
• Bartha Van Der Meer, Blokzijl
• Pluijms, Veldhoven
• adriana hendrika maria van Zal, weesperkarspel
• Aldegonda Christina Maria Eijkemans, 's Hertogenbosch († 1982)
• Adrianus Ploeg, Klundert, 4791, Nederland († 1900)
• allegonda catharina maria willemsen, arnhem († 1901)
• Albert van Stelten, Lynn Township, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Adriana Petronella Verbiesen, Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)

• van Renes (0), Tiel
• Berendina Johanna Walhof (0), Hengelo
• Antje Ages van der Meulen (70), Finkum
• Anna Maria Smets (44), Duizel en Steensel
• Aart Brugman (48)
• Alida Naphtali Polak (74), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Machielse (1), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Anne de Vries (0), De Wilp, Marum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida Polak (74), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barelt Hof (60), Tuk, Steenwijkerwold

• 1893 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1971)
• 1893 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1983)
• 1895 » Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer († 1973)
• 1895 » Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist († 1972)
• 1896 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)

• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)

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.
• February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• 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 April 20, 1900 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.