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• Alle Klaver, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Klazina Maria van Opzeeland, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 1970)
• Anna Catharina Marchal, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1904)
• Abel Zwaving, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Kolk, Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Antonia Hogervorst, Sloten († 1970)
• Adriana Maria van Dalen, Hedel, NL
• Adriaan Gerard Leerves, Breda (Brabant) († 1900)
• Anna Catharina Marchal, Stein († 1904)
• Albert Jan HADDERS, Grolloo (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland († 1986)

• Aaltje Batink (68), Kampen
• Arie van Wassenaar (51), Schiedam, Z-H
• Anthonie Theodorus van Rijnberk (72), Vianen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van Merrienboer (0), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, NL
• bart BAARTMAN (84), tornton, cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Daane (0), Vlissingen
• Antonius Merrienboer van (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Looman (41), Utrecht
• Anna van Gurp (38), Koogerveld (Texel)
• Anna van Gurp (38), Koogerveld

• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)

• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• 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.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on August 15, 1900 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.