About the day » Wednesday May 2, 1900Calender converter

• Abraham van Steijn, Amsterdam
• Antonie Petrus Rasenberg, Oosterhout, Niederlande († 1900)
• Anna Helena Lügering, Rühlertwist, Twist († 1991)
• Antonetta Henrica Maria Mulders, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1985)
• , Woensdrecht († 1985)
• Anna Helena Lügering, Rühlertwist († 1991)
• Anna Sophia Melis, Westerlo
• Antoon Jager, Antwerpen, Belgiëd
• Antonie Petrus Rasenberg, Oosterhout († 1900)
• Antje Dijkstra, Sneek († 1958)

• Aaltje Peereboom Nieuwpoort (65), Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacob Willem Barendregt (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianne (Adriana) Overgaauw (77), Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Born (80), Den Haag
• Arie Bol (1), Zandvoort
• Alexander Wissinger (67), Clarksville, Ionia County, Michigan
• Antonia Elisabeth Stouthart (1), Vlissingen
• Adrianus Jaco Willem Barendregt (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• abraham leconte (82), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Abraham Leconte (82), Rotterdam Zhl. NL

• 1895 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist († 1943)
• 1897 » John Frederick Coots, American songwriter († 1985)
• 1898 » Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Bob Wyatt, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1901 » Edouard Zeckendorf, Belgian doctor, army officer and mathematician († 1983)
• 1901 » Willi Bredel, German writer († 1964)
• 1902 » Brian Aherne, English actor († 1986)
• 1902 » Werner Finck, German Kabarett comedian, actor and author († 1978)
• 1903 » Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author († 1998)
• 1904 » Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist († 1983)

• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)

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 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on May 2, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.