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• Albert Brem, Hattem, Nederland († 1976)
• Anna Carolina van Zutphen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Monen, Alteveer (Hoogeveen) († 1900)
• Anne Jacobs STRIKWERDA, Wûnseradiel Friesland Netherlands († 1973)
• Andrew Watters, Glasgow, Scotland († 1957)
• Albert Brem, Hattem
• Adrianus van Biljouw, Cromvoirt
• Albert Muëtgeert, Rotterdam
• Albertina Crapts, Maastricht († 1989)
• Anna Johanna Boegen, Hilversum

• Andries Pauwels (54), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Oost Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Alders (51), nijmegen
• Albert Jans Kuiper (74), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Pauwels (55), Hontenisse
• Asenath Elizabeth BROWNING (63), Orderville, Kane County, Utah, United States of America
• Antonius Cornelis Tromp (15), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antje Struik (69), Rotterdam
• Adriana Petronella Alders (Aalders) (51), Nijmegen
• Agneta Gijsbarta Plantagie (52)
• Aartje Johanna Broeder (1), Rotterdam

• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
• 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• 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.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

The temperature on January 3, 1899 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.