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• Adriana Johanna Maria Isabella Leijten, Maastricht {LI}
• Alje Jacob Krol, Oldehove,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Bokhorst, Zuilen
• Adriana Petronella WIJNS, Son en Breugel
• Alphonsus Adrianus Martinus Veltmans, Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands († 1977)
• Ana Corrêa de Godoy, Ibitinga, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Pietertje van Sprang, Leiden († 1985)
• Adriana Petronella Wijns, Son &, Breugel
• Albert BERKELDER, Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Stad († 1939)
• * Gijsbertus Jacobus Grootendorst, Meerkerk († 1976)

• Anna Catharina Maria (Anna) NAN (0), Velsen-,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Akke Heida (87), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gesiena te Voortwis (0), Winterswijk
• Anna Nan (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Boeles Heida (86), Scherpenisse
• Altah R. Harper (3), Columbus County, North Carolina
• Aartje Heij (32), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Harms Tepen (88), St. Libory, Howard Co., NE
• Adam Knikman (67), Dordrecht
• Adriana Venix (62), Sint-Michielsgestel, Nederland

• 1893 » Andrey Dikiy, Russian-American journalist, historian, and politician († 1977)
• 1897 » Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1899 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1900 » Percy Chapman, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland († 1986)
• 1901 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor († 1959)
• 1905 » Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » John Mills, New Zealand cricketer († 1972)
• 1907 » Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author († 1977)
• 1908 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic († 1988)

• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)

• 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• 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.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• 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 September 3, 1900 was about 13.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.