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• Anna Maria Elisabeth Draaijers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Aloijsius Gerardus Swartelé, Koewacht († 1899)
• Adriana Struijk, Rotterdam
• Anna Katharina Koonen, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1899)
• Abraham Stoeten, Lutten († 1963)
• Aaltje van der Gaarden, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Elling, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Doelman, Vlaardinger-Ambacht († 1992)
• Alphonsus Goetschalckx, Nieuwmoer (B)
• Alida Jacoba Erkes, Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1983)

• Aart Bakelaar (83), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Blaak (0), Oud Beijerland
• Anna Margrieta van Graafeiland (79), Vlissingen
• Anna Hubertina Smeets (7), Grevenbricht, die Niederlande
• annigje VERZIJL (25), numansdorp
• Aafie Engelse Nielen (93), Assendelft NH NL
• Aafje Nielen (93), Assendelft
• Albertje Struik (43), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Anna Margrieta van Graafeijland (79), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Reijnart (43), Haarlemmermeer

• 1894 » Chic Harley, American football player († 1974)
• 1894 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1894 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic († 1977)
• 1895 » Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
• 1897 » Merle Curti, American historian and author († 1997)
• 1898 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author († 1936)
• 1901 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge († 1985)
• 1903 » Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 1992)
• 1904 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Umberto II of Italy († 1983)

• 1859 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)

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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• 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.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
• December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

The temperature on September 15, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.