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• Achiel Antoine Van de Cauter, Zwijnaarde († 1970)
• Aaltje Priem, St Maartensdijk
• Alberdina Veninga, Peize († 1989)
• Alida Catharina Maria Imming, Alkmaar († 1985)
• Andreas Antonius Melis, Strijp
• Adriana Cornelia Evers, Etten-Leur
• Adrianus Theodorus Franciscus van Adrichem, Den Haag († 1957)
• Adriana Cornelia Evers, Etten Leur
• Adriana Maria van Dijk, Ginneken en Bavel
• Ankje Sietzes de Boer, Opeinde († 1979)

• Clasina Gertude van Hogendorp (88), 's-Gravenhage
• Albertus Gerardus Waasdorp (2), Leiden
• Arnoldus Jaspers (72), Borkel en Schaft
• Berendina Hollander (78), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland Nederland
• clasina hendriks (42), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Hollander (78), Kampen
• Abel van der Molen (80), Noordlaren
• Adriana van Keulen (10), Echteld,Gemeente Neder-Betuwe,Gelderland,Nederland
• Aafke Iedema (6), Tietjerksteradeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Joseph Elling (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
• 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)
• 1900 » Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist († 1976)
• 1902 » Georgette Heyer, English author († 1974)
• 1902 » Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright († 1934)
• 1904 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)

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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
• December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

The temperature on August 16, 1900 was about 22.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.