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• Adrianus Cornelis Raats, Teteringen
• Alfonsina Amelia Welvaert, Evergem († 1979)
• Anteunis Cornelis Lange, Rotterdam († 1900)
• Alicia Francina Baart, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• * Johannes Lasschuijt, Leiden
• Antko Dammer, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1972)
• Anneke Hulshoff, Sappemeer († 1957)
• Antonia van Riet, Delft
• Antje Gaukes Witteveen, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Appollonia Noordermeer, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)

• Adriana Maria Bertens (62), Tilburg
• Anne Jakobs Spinder, Enumatil, Zuidhorn, Gr, Nederland
• Anna Paulina Dietz (67), Rheden
• Adriana Huijgens (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant
• Andries Korneliskes Dalstra (63), Nijega, Gaasterlan-Sleat, Friesland, Netherlands
• Groenewegen (0)
• Anna Helena Nagel (34), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems)
• Aaltje Boere (0), Rotterdam
• * Gerrit de Groot (43), Lexmond
• Adrianus Reniers (36), Terheijden, Nederland

• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)
• 1890 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1891 » Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director († 1976)
• 1893 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager († 1954)
• 1893 » Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian († 1982)
• 1895 » Vardis Fisher, American author and academic († 1968)
• 1900 » Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester († 1974)
• 1905 » George Treweek, Australian rugby league player († 1991)
• 1905 » Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)

• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
• 1917 » Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1924 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)

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.
• February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
• 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.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

The temperature on March 31, 1899 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.