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• Antje de Wit, Feerwerd, gem. Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus (Arie) Schrader, Stompwijk, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Francisca Maria Josepha Smans, Tilburg
• Antonia Lagas, Utrec ht
• Alphonsus Sleeckx, Zoersel, België († 1982)
• Ann Gordon Mayfield Parke [RC] "Annie", Dodge, Texas
• Anno Bos, Nieuwolda († 1959)
• Albert C. Lynn, Bethesda, Belmont, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Abraham Krammer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Maria Petronella Blom, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)

• Bernardus Wilhelmus Spierenburg (0), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Bakhuis (0), hellendoorn
• Bernard Alphonse Raedts (39), Leuven
• Carl W. Whisonant (15)
• Arend Krijgsman (72), Middelharnis
• Christiaan Peter Michon (56), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia de Graaf (7), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonetta van Dijk (0), Haps (N.Br.)
• Antonie Bul (2), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Frederika Keller (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1892 » Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1966)
• 1893 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1894 » Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher († 1963)
• 1895 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian († 1964)
• 1896 » Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver († 1933)
• 1897 » Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1897 » Paul Gallico, American journalist and author († 1976)
• 1900 » Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher († 1983)
• 1903 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1904 » Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator († 1981)

• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)

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.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• 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 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• 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 July 26, 1899 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.