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• Alijda Anthonia Storm, Utrecht
• Aleida Margaretha Theda Mansholt
• Adrianus Cobelens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Brisson, St-Magloire-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada († 1902)
• Adriana Dorsman, Sommelsdijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ham
• Aartje Bouw, Nijkerk († 1901)
• * Willem (1) Baars, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1900)
• Anna Jaspers, Rucphen († 1978)
• Adrianus Jacobus Josephus van der Schoot, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1900)

• Albertus Alexander Abels (51), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albert Hidding (56), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Maes (66), Wuustwezel, 2990, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Albert Egberts Hidding (56), Wachtum Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bouma (0)
• Arie Overheul (49), Hellouw, Nederland
• Visscher (0), Elburg
• Benjamin Franklin McSwain [8 Bu] (81), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Albert Gerrit Jan Esveld (22), Arnhem
• Adriana Cornelia Pijnenburg (0), Haaren

• 1895 » James H. Kindelberger, American businessman († 1962)
• 1898 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal († 1960)
• 1899 » Arthur Q. Bryan, American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality († 1959)
• 1899 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1899 » Jacques Heim, French fashion designer († 1967)
• 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
• 1903 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator († 1984)
• 1904 » John Snagge, English journalist († 1996)

• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (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.
• January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.

The temperature on May 8, 1900 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.