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• Alida Anna van den Akker, Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland († 1980)
• Andries Wiegman, Steenwijkerwold († 1978)
• * Dirk Matthijs Middelkoop, Hagestein († 1942)
• Aaltje Mouw, Putten († 1993)
• Honoria Van Pinxteren, Heesch
• Aaltje Strijker, Kerkenveld (gem. De Wolden)
• Albertus van den Belt, Veecaten († 1930)
• Andries Wiegman *, Steenwijkerwold († 1978)
• Anna Gerdina Hahn, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1943)
• Albertus Verschuren, Beek &, Donk

• Aleida Mast (28), Kloosterveen, gemeente Smilde
• Adrianus Beugelaar (73), Naarden
• Bastiaan Pietjouw (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Hummel (61), Zevenhuizen
• Auke Klazes Hummel (61), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Barthelomeus Capitain (75), Haarlemmermeer
• albert de JONG (63), pella, marion county lowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Schaafsma (29), Hallum
• Anna Smit (22), Zwijndrecht
• Allen Sterns (Strous) (73), Salt Creek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio

• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1898 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician († 1977)
• 1899 » Louise Nevelson, American sculptor († 1988)
• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)
• 1900 » Bill Stone, English soldier († 2009)
• 1901 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1903 » Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1904 » Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator († 1966)

• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)

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 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

The temperature on September 23, 1900 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.