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• Adrianus Johannes Antonius Wemmers, Besoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Aiken Williams, North Carolina († 1913)
• Anna Corneillie, Rumbeke,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1997)
• Adriana Jansen, Udenhout, Tilburg († 1976)
• Antje Geertje Bouwes Hiemstra, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Zwam, Rotterdam
• (Stillbirth) HOVING, Groningen († 1899)
• Johanna Margaritha Westhoff, 's-Gravenhage († 1903)
• Alphonsine Marie Josephine Pascaline Virginie Lekeux, Tongeren (B)
• Adrianus Maria Beunis, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)

• Aaltje Baarda (50), Harlingen, Nederland
• Ann ANDERSON (82), Alford
• Aaltje Baarda (50), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van Gils
• Catharina Geertruida Oudejans (24), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Daggelder (31), Poederoijen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Arnoldus Mientjes (78), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Heinrich Scholte (71), Vlagtwedde
• Bernhard Heinrich (Berend Hendrik Scholte) Schulte (71), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Daggelder (31), Poederoijen

• 1894 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1895 » Jack Warner, English actor and singer († 1981)
• 1896 » Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman († 1994)
• 1898 » Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China († 1974)
• 1901 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1959)
• 1903 » Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent († 1960)
• 1904 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist († 1932)
• 1904 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright († 1961)
• 1905 » Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic († 1988)
• 1906 » Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer († 1968)

• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)

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. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Neeltje
14. Petronella
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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on October 24, 1899 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.