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• Albertje Waarsing, 't haantje († 1900)
• Adrianus Carolus Bollijn, Turnhout, 2300, België († 1965)
• Albert Pieters Barkema, Saaksum
• Adriana Prevo, 's-Gravenhage
• Adolph Heinrich Wilhelm (Ad) GRAEBER GRABER, Gay Hill, Wash. Co., TX (USA) († 1971)
• * Marinus van Hooydonk, Rotterdam († 1972)
• Aaltje Doderer, Amsterdam
• Albertus Wijker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adrianus Vriesman, Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Alida Johanna de Kruijf, Maarssen († 1899)

• Antje BUUS (21), Kanaranzi,Minnesota
• Klaver, Vledder, Vledderveen {veld}
• Annigje van der Weide (0), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Zwinderen)
• Arie NIEMANTSVERDRIET (82), Orange City, Sioux County (US/IA)
• Adriaantje Hoogendijk (80), Aarlanderveen
• Albert Jacques Jean Joukes (3), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Trigt (64), Oosterhout
• Aleida Rotman (79), Hardenberg
• Annechien Jacobs Sijplinga (82), Uithuizermeeden
• Adriaan Dieleman (69), Hoek

• 1893 » Dorothy Whipple, English novelist († 1966)
• 1893 » Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
• 1896 » Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician († 1948)
• 1899 » Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1994)
• 1900 » Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer († 1988)
• 1900 » Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet († 1989)
• 1902 » Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit († 1991)
• 1903 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1903 » Orde Wingate, English general († 1944)
• 1906 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress († 1987)

• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)

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.
• January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• 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 February 26, 1899 was about -1.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.