About the day » Monday August 27, 1900Calender converter

• Alberdina Tuin, Toldijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hendrika Maria Scholten, velp († 1993)
• Aalberta Koelewijn, Bunschoten
• Adrianus Jacob Jurrianus Boes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Adriana Jacoba van der Weele, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana KARDOLUS, Delft
• Aaltje Thobokholt, Groningen († 1918)
• ? ? († 1956)
• Adriana van Benten, Reeuwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Gerharda Johanna Dolleman, Den Haag

• Berend Jan Blanken (75), Sint Annabrink, Stad Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albert Vlaanderen (0), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia Mathilda Anna Maria Cimmermans (0), Maastricht (NL)
• Bertha Antonia Scheepmaker (0), Ruwiel, Utrecht, Nederland
• Blaas de Ridder (0), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Verweij (30), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes van Bergen (73), Roodeschool
• Albert KORTENKAMP (0), Dyersville,Dubuque,IOWA, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Nellie MacArthur #9375*07f (72)
• Aaltjen Schutter (59), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)
• 1896 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet († 1933)
• 1896 » Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin († 1993)
• 1898 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1963)
• 1899 » C. S. Forester, English novelist († 1966)
• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)

• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)

• 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 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.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• 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.
• 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 27, 1900 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.