About the day » Friday February 17, 1899Calender converter

• Aaltje KLAMER, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1963)
• Adelina Vercauteren, Burcht
• Aaltje Klamer, Borger, Nederland († 1963)
• Alberta De Bruin, Leiden († 1948)
• Borrias, Ochten († 1899)
• Albertha Maria Onderstal, Arnhem († 1975)
• Adriana Lammertje van Kempen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Alberdina Johanna Hoogeboom, Apeldoorrn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)
• Albertus de Zeeuw, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Albertus de Zeeuw, Castricum († 1901)

• Adriana Christina Rutgers (64), Rotterdam
• Adelheid Lenzing ( Lensing ) (70), Onstwedde
• ADAM HENDRIK RAABE (64), UTRECHT
• Adelheid Lenzing, Lensing (70), Stadskanaal(Gr)-Onstwedde
• Agnes Stirling (42), Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Adelina Maria COLLEZ (0), Beselare
• Antje Knaap (60), Den Helder
• Albertje Krikke (22), Opsterland (Friesland)
• Adriana Christina Rutges (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Vlam (48), Oudkarspel

• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)

• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)

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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• 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 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.

The temperature on February 17, 1899 was about 5.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.