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• * Joannes Hubertus Josephus van Bragt, Stratum († 1950)
• Adriana Kraijenbosch, 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus van Hemert, Kerkwijk
• Aalt van de Streek, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus Jacobus Tetteroo, Den Haag
• Pieter Wiebes Terpstra, Wommels (Friesland) († 1980)
• Aaltje Niemeijer, Oldebroek († 1899)
• Abraham van Straalen, Den Haag, Nederland († 1960)
• Adeline Christine Bastiaans, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1977)
• Adriaan Huibert Brouwer, Domburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)

• Arthur Judd Irwin (34)
• Agnes Trompert (32), Kamerik
• Adriana Koene (65), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annette Bosch (2), Maastricht
• Anna Maria Loos (59), Wijchmaal
• Anna Maria Maas (66), Beek &, Donk
• Arie KREIJ, de (1), Giessen-Nieuwkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Reijven (0), Tilburg
• Annigje Nijboer (76), Exloërveen Odoorn, Nederland
• Antonia Koppenberg (72), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 1892 » Henry Darger, American writer and artist († 1973)
• 1894 » Dorothy Cumming, Australian-American actress († 1983)
• 1894 » Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal († 1964)
• 1898 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1901 » Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician († 1962)
• 1902 » Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1903 » Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1907 » Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial († 2003)
• 1907 » Zawgyi, Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic († 1990)
• 1908 » Ida Pollock, English author and painter († 2013)

• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)

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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.

The temperature on April 12, 1899 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.