About the day » Friday May 11, 1900Calender converter

• Anna Maria Bruijns, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus van Egdom, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ann Extra, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Anna van Houten, Den Haag,Den Haag,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1976)
• Albertje Veen, Zuidveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Martina Kaleveld, Den Helder († 1981)
• Anna Miltenburg, Houten, Nederland († 1929)
• ADRIANA CORNELIA MARGARETHA MOSTERT, LEIDEN († 1900)
• Aaltjen Witteveen, Twello (gem.Voorst) († 1985)
• Aaltjen Witteveen, Twello, Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)

• Adriana Wilhelmina Elisabeth Willemina Scheffers (60), Schiedam, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Scheffers (60), Schiedam
• A.M(Anna) Demmer (8), Albergen (Tubbergen)
• Borgers (0), Veendam, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje van den Berg (46), Rotterdam
• Antonetta De Meulder (1), Wilmarsdonk
• Aleida Gesiena ten Damme (72), Henxel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bendina Kok (91)
• Agnes Maillie (1), Vledderveen, Groningen, Nederland, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• August Cornelis Pieter Lammers van Toorenburg (41)

• 1895 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player († 1978)
• 1895 » William Grant Still, American composer and conductor († 1978)
• 1896 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic († 1955)
• 1897 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman († 1961)
• 1901 » Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter († 1967)
• 1901 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author († 1988)
• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

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 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
• March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• 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 May 11, 1900 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.