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• Verheyden, Bornem († 1899)
• Anna Hendrika De Goede, Zwartsluis
• De Boer, Obdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1976)
• Aldert Kossen, Broek op L'dijk († 1956)
• Anna Goedknegt, Amsterdam († 1952)
• Adrianus Albertus van Schaijk, Deil (Gelderland) († 1900)
• Adrianus Albertus van Schaik, Deil († 1900)
• Adelheid Caro, Keulen, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1974)
• Anna Jacoba Francisca Feldmann, Amsterdam
• Adele Caro, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1974)

• Aaltje van de Meen (41), Amersfoort
• Afke Joustra (88), sneek
• Aafke Jans Joustra (88), Sneek Wijk 9 huis no. 18, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van Beusekom (66), Weesperkarspel
• Albertus Bakker (67), Steenwijk
• Adrianus Adam van der Crab (78), Batavia (ID)
• Aart Lamme (57)
• Alida van Beusekom (66), Weesperkarspel
• Adrianus Johannes Hamelton (71), Oosterhout
• Aleida Haverkort (0), Slagharen

• 1892 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records († 1970)
• 1896 » Yip Harburg, American composer († 1981)
• 1900 » Marie Byles, Australian solicitor († 1979)
• 1902 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer († 1924)
• 1902 » Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano († 1974)
• 1904 » Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer († 1970)
• 1904 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1905 » Erwin Keller, German field hockey player († 1971)
• 1905 » Helen Joseph, English-South African activist († 1992)
• 1905 » Joachim Büchner, German sprinter and graphic designer († 1978)

• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• 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 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.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on April 8, 1899 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.