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• Adriaantje Gijsberta Nap, Waarder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Bruggen, Elsloo (Ooststellingwerf) († 1977)
• Koen, Vlissingen
• Aaltje Witting, Kalkwijk,Hoogezand († 1989)
• Aagje Adriana Geluk, Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana (Jaantje) Kraan, Reewijk († 1995)
• Adrianus Heijman, Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Aaltjen Derks Appelo, Zwartsluis († 1901)
• Adrianus Antonius Lodewijkx, Hoeven, Netherlands († 1985)
• Adrianus Hubertus Vereijken, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aarn Foppes van der Meer (27), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van PUL (76), Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Mooijman, den haag
• ? Riemer (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna MariaTekla Sanders
• Albertus Waanders (68), goor
• Arend van Brederode (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• arie van GEEST (64), naaldwijk
• Antonio Joaquim do Nascimento (81), Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abraham de JONGH (68), Stad aan 't Haringvliet,, Pays-Bas

• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)
• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
• 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)

• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)

• 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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on August 17, 1900 was about 21.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.