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• Aaltje Nijewening, Ruinerwold
• Annegien Pieters Zandbergen, Visschersstraat, Vollenhove († 1986)
• Alida Sophia Nooster, Den Haag,-
• Alida van Berkel, delft (zuid holland) († 1957)
• Anna Catharina van Wijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Annegien (Anne) Zandbergen, Vollenhove Stad († 1986)
• Adriana van Keulen, Vlaardingen
• Adriaan Pieter van Tilborgh, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Jansson, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Alle Tadema, Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)

• Adriaan Raas (0), 's Heer Arendskerke
• Aaltien Hartman (81), Hoogeveen (Hollandscheveld)
• Adriana Maria (Anna Maria) van Duin (43), Vogelenzang
• Aaltien Jurriens Hartman (81), Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Verschuren (71), Dussen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Ritzen, Kerkrade (L
• Adriana Maria van Duin (43), Vogelenzang, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van DUIJN (43), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Francisca Pattyn (81), Oekene West Vlaanderen Belgie
• Anne Mary Hinde (77), ,England

• 1893 » Lily Laskine, French harp player († 1988)
• 1894 » Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author († 1982)
• 1896 » Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal († 1979)
• 1896 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author († 1982)
• 1897 » Fredric March, American lieutenant, actor, and singer († 1975)
• 1900 » Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini († 1943)
• 1902 » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1977)
• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)
• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)

• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)

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 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.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

The temperature on August 31, 1899 was about 16.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.