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• Abe Westra, Engwierum, Nederland
• Agatha Miedema, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Alida van Dijk, Baarn († 1971)
• Adriana Maria Riemens, Zaamslag († 1966)
• Aaltje Klazes Westra, Tytsjerksteradiel
• Allegonda Josina van der Worp, Schalkwijk, Gemeente Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Francisca van der Stap, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Johanna Antonia Neutkens, Valkenswaard
• Abe WESTRA, Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1970)
• Agatha Herresd Miedema, Harlingen, fr.nld († 1973)

• Aafje van 't Hof (68), Zaandam
• Arie van der Maarl (78), Haarlemmermeer
• Clarijs (0), Steenbergen
• Anselmus Adriaansen (72), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• ADRIANA HENDRIKA WARMENHOVEN (69), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Anna Mina Rotmans (75), Winterswijk Ratum
• Arie van der Maarl (78), Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje Wilbrink (28)
• Anna Mina Rotmans (75), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana de JONG (32), Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)
• 1898 » Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player († 1959)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)
• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)
• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1906 » Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1907 » Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author († 1982)
• 1908 » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer († 1989)

• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

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.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
• 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.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on May 5, 1900 was about 15.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.