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• Geradus Cornelis Leijgraaf, Arnhem († 1952)
• Olthof, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje Both, nieuw-lekkerland (zuid holland) († 1900)
• Albert Roggen, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Welle, Domburg, Walcheren, NL († 1993)
• Rooij de, Dordrecht († 1899)
• Adrianus Antonius Bastiaansen, Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Alkema, Franekeradeel
• Jentje Haar, Kerkenveld
• Agatha Graveland, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel († 1989)

• Aaltje Groenenberg (76), Amsterdam
• Aafke HENDRIKS Jongst (84)
• Arendje IJsbrands van der Plas (59), Katwijk
• Aafke Hendriks Jongst (84), Lutjegast (gem. Grootegast)
• Aafke Hendriks Jongste (84), Sebaldeburen
• Arendje van der Plas (59), Katwijk
• Adriana Maria Kalkman (7), Ridderkerk
• Annigje Stoter (35), Zuidbarge (Emmen) 93
• Adolf Ehrencron (53), Tegal, Indonesië
• Antoine jean Huybrechts

• 1896 » Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator († 1931)
• 1897 » Hans Schuberth, German politician († 1976)
• 1899 » Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer († 1985)
• 1900 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler († 1928)
• 1900 » Spencer Tracy, American actor († 1967)
• 1901 » Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador († 1986)
• 1901 » Curt Bois, German actor († 1991)
• 1901 » Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach († 1967)
• 1901 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor († 1981)

• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
• 1914 » Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)

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 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

The temperature on April 5, 1899 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.