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• Adrianus Cornelis Bruijnes, Vreeswijk
• Adrianus Johannes Brinkman, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Gielen, Rukkelingen-Loon († 1954)
• Alexander Constantinovitsj Prins Lvov, Kamenets Podolsky, Oekraine († 1977)
• Adriaan Rhee van der, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana Pieternella Francisca Wanst, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1921)
• Agnietje Visser, Leeuwarden († 1990)
• Adrianus Andeweg, IJsselmonde († 1907)
• Doorakkers
• Adriana Elisabeth van der Zwan, Scheveningen, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Sophia Oskam (13), Ruwiel
• Arie Adrianus Boertjes (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arien Laan (0), Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Aalbertszn Plugge (70), Scheveningen
• Bos (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Adrianus Boertjes (0), Willemstad, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Peters (69), Ottersum, NL
• Aalbert Plugge (70), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arien Laan (0)
• Ariaantje Spaanderman (140), Katwijk

• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
• 1891 » Marquis James, American journalist and author († 1955)
• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
• February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
• April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The temperature on August 29, 1900 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.