About the day » Monday October 23, 1899Calender converter

• Albert Kreeft, Krakeel (Hoogeveen)
• Alida Johanna Koning, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Angelina Frenken, Nederweert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonius Greve Kurver, Heusden († 1900)
• Adrianus van 't Hoenderdal, Soest
• Alvin William Severine Carlson, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• * Teuntje Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht († 1975)
• Todd ****, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1900)
• Spronk, Utrecht († 1899)
• Albert Kreeft, Krakeel/Hoogeveen

• ? Leurink (0), Diepenveen
• Anna Wilhelmina Sophia de Graaff (0), Lisse, The Netherlands
• Abraham Arnoldi (80), Kattendijke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Josephus Maria ridder de van der Schueren (0), Waalwijk,Gemeente Waalwijk,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Abraham Ploeg (68), Haarlem
• Alice Ann Chapman (45), 1 St Andrew's Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
• Anna Maria van Giersbergen (70), Rotterdam
• Antonij Aaltink (78), Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van de Rotte (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Zwart (54), Stolpen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1894 » Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic († 1975)
• 1894 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player († 1966)
• 1896 » André Lévêque, French soldier and engineer († 1930)
• 1896 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress († 1934)
• 1897 » John Baker, English air marshal († 1978)
• 1897 » Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer († 1975)
• 1899 » Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator († 1973)
• 1900 » Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer († 1958)
• 1902 » Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer († 1982)

• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Geertruida
16. Helena

• 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 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on October 23, 1899 was about 3.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.