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• Albert Algra, Kampen († 1981)
• Aloijsius Michiel Vreugde, Roosendaal en Nispen
• Aafke de Wit († 1957)
• Alfons Antoon DE JONG, Merksplas, Belgium († 1993)
• Ann Stanley, Tranmere, Cheshire, England
• Aaltje Bosman, Hengelo († 1901)
• Adriana Lissina Holland, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Alida Kammeijer, Haarlem
• Anna Cornelia van der Linden, Tilburg († 1972)
• Alexander Reitsma, 's Gravenhage

• Cornelia van Kuilenburg (69), Sloten
• Catharina Trussel (91)
• Catharina Maria Petronella Kettenis (8), Leiden
• Alberta Breukink (68), Brink nr Deventer
• Bouke Been (0), Groningen
• Aaltje Reijnders (3), Tiel
• Cornelia ter Beek (0), Deventer
• Charles comte d'Oultremont (39), Morval
• Abrahanna HOUWENGA (80), Three Oaks, Berrien, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van ELSWIJK (2), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1897 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)
• 1900 » Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator († 1988)
• 1901 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician († 2000)
• 1904 » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist († 1997)
• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)

• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)

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 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.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on August 5, 1900 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.