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• Allert Heins Postma, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ferguson († 1988)
• Alta Mae Dehaai, Sandridge, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Alida Bethlehem, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Rossel († 1983)
• * Wilhelmina Kivits, Nieuwkuijk († 1984)
• Adella Gijsbertina Christina Wilhelmina (Ad) De Bruijne, Bandoeng (Indonesië)
• Adriana Huibregtse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus Durinck, Graauw en Langendam (Zld) († 1901)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Klaver, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Agnes Mierswa (12), Klein Pramsen, Preußen
• Aaltje uit de BULTEN (12), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Hart (80), Den Helder
• Antonius Lambertus van Duren (62.3.3.1), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Klein Nagelvoort (54), Deventer, Overijasel, Neth
• Anna Roelofsdr Wolfert (31), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Beeken (73), Hasselt (B)
• Antonius Johannes van den Houdt (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Henri DELCOURT (57), Loos,NORD,Hauts de France,France,France
• Aaltje Hulskemper (0), Velsen

• 1897 » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1900 » Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand († 1971)
• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1900 » J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation († 1985)
• 1900 » Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom († 1986)
• 1900 » Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist († 1963)
• 1901 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor († 1972)
• 1902 » Bea Miles, Australian author († 1973)
• 1903 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1966)
• 1903 » Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer († 1984)

• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)

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 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
• 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 September 17, 1900 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.