About the day » Sunday December 31, 1899Calender converter

• Abraham de Vrind, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Petronella Augustina Posthumus, Breda
• Aalbert van Barneveld, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina van Vliet, Rotterdam
• Albertus Van Der Ham, Meerkerk, Zederik, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Adrianus Hamerslag, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afina Gerardina Mastenbroek († 1990)
• Alexis Franciscus Josephus Vanderhasselt, Lennik (Sint-Martens-Lennik), Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1987)
• Aarnoud Gabrielse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1972)
• Amandina Maria Van der Haegen, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• Arie Rijkaart (69), Hazerswoude (Z.-H.), Neth
• Adrianus Lagerwaard (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Appolonia van der Walsem (91), den haag, Nederland
• Antonia Burgt van den (64), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Soer (83), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van den Els(z)en (72), Escharen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje VAN DUIJVENBODE (74), Salt Lake City, S.L. County
• Abraham Brevet, Cadzand
• Adriana WEIJMAN (75), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Gijsbertha van der Burg (6), Schiedam

• 1899 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1940)
• 1901 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1982)
• 1902 » Roy Goodall, English footballer († 1982)
• 1904 » William Heynes, English engineer († 1989)
• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1905 » Jule Styne, English-American composer († 1994)
• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)

• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)

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. 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.
• February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

The temperature on December 31, 1899 was about 6.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.