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• Andries Andries Bergsma, Hoornsterzwaag († 1989)
• Antje Willemsen, Driel
• van de Gruiter, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1899)
• Antje Post, Zaandam
• Anje Draai, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Albert Hunze, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1970)
• Anna Maria Catharina Donders, Stramproy, Limburg, Nederland († 1970)
• Aaltje van Schooten, Epse
• Aafje (Ethel) Sluis, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Adrianus den Ottelander, Sliedrecht († 1944)

• Anne Martens van der Hogt (70), Baard
• Arie Zeeman (0), Monster, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Kromvoirt (56), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Pieters Schipper (75), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Meerten Enting (0), Zuidlaren
• Alexander August Flu (82), .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Anne Van Der Hogt (70), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Johannes WILLEMS (0), Berghem,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bertha Oliva Walter (1)
• Alberta Bruins (1), Westdorp, Borger

• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)
• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

The temperature on August 9, 1899 was about 18.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.