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• Anna Elisabeth Tegeler († 1900)
• Alicia Iris Mullen
• Wijnants, Mechelen, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgi√´ († 1900)
• Hendrika van Zijl, Harderwijk († 1980)
• Anna Maria van der Heijden, Wintelre
• Albertus Hendricus Vermeulen, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Anna Soeters, Oosterhout
• Anne Joséphine Louise Martin, Aix-en-Provence († 1991)
• Richter, Stevensweert († 1900)
• Agnes Mary Michael, Oak Twp.(near Freeport), Stearns Co, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1974)

• Albertus Arnoldus van Alst (0), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Mattheus Straathof (3), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas (Andries) Jurrienszn Wilbrink (75), Hoogezand
• Catharina Gerardina van Avesaath (0), Blerick
• Luschen (0), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Wijnants (0), Mechelen, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgi√´
• Antonetta Catharina Petronella Hugens (0), Ossendrecht
• Bernardus Jans Pompstra (52), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Theodora Piepers (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Wilbrink (75)

• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)
• 1897 » Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist († 1958)
• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• 1900 » Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist († 1978)
• 1901 » Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1901 » John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany († 1991)
• 1903 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator († 1982)
• 1905 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor († 1951)
• 1905 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist († 1982)

• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)

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 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
• September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on August 23, 1900 was about 17.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.