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• Aart van Beek, Nijkerk († 1982)
• Aaldrik Hoogstraten, Heiligerlee († 1966)
• Albert Torenbosch, Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland († 1903)
• Amy Manning, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 1899)
• Anna Blenke, Hilten, Uelsen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• ALBERIC JONCKHEERE, Klerken,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1988)
• Albert MEULINK, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Laarhoven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Abraham van der Slagt, den haag
• Agnes Edith Zevenbergen, Middleburg († 2001)

• Aldegundis Adanck (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, NoordBrabant, Nederland
• Alida Twaalfhoven (60)
• Adriana Louwers (0), Zeelst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Adrianus Gerardus Sparidans (70), Tilburg (N.Br.)
• Alida Twaalfhoven (60), Reeuwijk, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antone D'havé (67), Eeklo
• Hendrikus Schel(Huijberts), Geffen
• Aaltje Hermanusdr van Berkel (73), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hauben (34), Val-Meer
• Abraham CREASEY (71), Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England

• 1890 » Myra Hess, English pianist and educator († 1965)
• 1894 » Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master († 1969)
• 1898 » William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist († 1961)
• 1901 » Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland († 1980)
• 1901 » Zeppo Marx, American comedian (the youngest of the Marx Brothers) and theatrical agent († 1979)
• 1903 » King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and coach; rated one of the 100 greatest NHL players († 1986)
• 1905 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic († 1963)
• 1906 » Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright; author of Harvey († 1981)
• 1907 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet († 1948)
• 1908 » Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist († 1975)

• 1877 » Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
• 1878 » Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
• 1899 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)
• 1910 » Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)
• 1912 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1914 » John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1915 » Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)

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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• 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.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
• 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.

The temperature on February 25, 1899 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.