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• Adriana Cornelia van KLAVEREN, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Carolina van Dam, 't Zandt, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Altje Halma, Dronrijp, gem. Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1901)
• Alida Droppert, Vlaardingen († 1933)
• Adrianus Petrus du Pau, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Frederick 1900 Noe, Queensland, Australia († 1961)
• Abram Pardon, Leiden († 1956)
• Adriaantje van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1992)
• Anna Maria de Man, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Alice Crombez, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1975)

• Antje Goossen (0), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Eijckens (70), Herentals, België
• Alfred Graaf Fugger van Glött (77), Banja Luka, Bosnië-Herzegovina
• Anna Maria Francisca Willemsen (32), Duitsland
• Agnes Caroline Helena van Hagedorn (82), Mexico-Stad
• Alida Fillepina Catharina Kienstra- (0), Dokkum, Nederland
• Adriana Drinkwaard (13), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Anna Adelheid Siemers (56), Groningen
• Alida Fielepina Catharina Kienstra (0), Dokkum (Dongeradeel) (NL)
• Adriana Drinkwaard (13), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Nederland

• 1897 » Folke Jansson, American general († 1965)
• 1897 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1898 » Lucius D. Clay, American general († 1978)
• 1899 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1899 » Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult († 1982)
• 1900 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1959)
• 1900 » Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director († 1996)
• 1901 » E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist († 1988)
• 1902 » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1903 » Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general († 1974)

• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician

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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• 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.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

The temperature on April 23, 1900 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.