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• Aaltje Smit, Goor († 1928)
• Adriana Paulina Verberne, Heeze, Heeze-Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Andreas Johannes Zuijderwijk, Delft († 1899)
• Amerentia Wijling, Leiden, Garenmarkt 48 († 1967)
• Alphonsus Augustus Caron, Oostende († 1900)
• Wolbers, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1961)
• Adriaan van der Welle, Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Anne Jans Lageveen, Aengwirden († 1978)
• Adrianus Antonius Bastiaansen, Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaldert van der Weide, Gees, Oosterhesselen

• Aart van der Poel (72), Heerjansdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana De JONG (2), Ridderkerk
• Adriana Maria Kalkman (7), Ridderkerk
• Aafke Jongst (84), Grootegast, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia POTTERS (68), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Annigje Stoter (35), Zuidbarge (Emmen) 93
• Antonie Mak (van Waaij) (52), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia Wilhelmina de Bruin (0), Valburg
• Abigael Cassier (78)
• Alexander Robbie (75), Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

• 1896 » Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator († 1931)
• 1897 » Hans Schuberth, German politician († 1976)
• 1899 » Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer († 1985)
• 1900 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler († 1928)
• 1900 » Spencer Tracy, American actor († 1967)
• 1901 » Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador († 1986)
• 1901 » Curt Bois, German actor († 1991)
• 1901 » Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach († 1967)
• 1901 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor († 1981)

• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
• 1914 » Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)

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. Petronella
14. Neeltje
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.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• 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 April 5, 1899 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.