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• Adrianus Mul, Amsterdam
• Anne Marie McCabe, 49 Mary Street, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland († 1959)
• antje nieuwenhuizen, Leiden-Zuid-Holland-NL († 1971)
• Adorina Rosalia Elisa Maas, Graauw en Langendam, Nederland († 1900)
• Annechina Nagengast, Onstwedde,Gemeente Stadskanaal,Groningen,Nederland
• Adorina Rosalia Elisa Maas (Maes), Graauw en Langendam († 1900)
• Aloisio Pereira de Barros († 1972)
• Aagje Verboom, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• aldegonda anna maria lucker, tegelen († 1973)
• Adolph Robert Siehe, Alameda County, California, United States († 1955)

• de Graaff, Rotterdam
• Antonius Marinus Geerdink (0), Hengelo
• Aafje Paauw (46), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Aaltjen Korenblik (81), Gorssel
• Aaltje van den Heuvel (68), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Herwig (0), Vlissingen
• Anthonia Dake (1), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• aart LAGENDIJK (80), ridderkerk
• Aplonia Jacoba Diederik (0), Schipluiden
• Adriana Demmers (48), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1895 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader († 1934)
• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)
• 1905 » Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot († 1930)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

• 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 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

The temperature on May 18, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.