About the day » Sunday May 21, 1899Calender converter

• Anna Maria Bertha Versteegen, Roermond
• Antonius Thomas Wilhelmus Van der Sommen, Stratum, Nederland († 1969)
• (Ongehuwd) Stoffer Bartelds, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Willempjedr. Siebert, Genemuiden
• Aleid Marinus Pin, Culemborg († 1899)
• Antonius Thomas Wilhelmus Van der Sommen-, Stratum, Nederland († 1969)
• Amanda Stephania Neirynck, Oostende
• Aaltje Snel, Delft († 1899)
• Anna Henriëtte Maria Winkel, Alkmaar, NH, Nederland († 1972)
• * Janna Randewijk, Wageningen († 1987)

• Alfred Van Wagoner (77), Oakland County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Vraets (77), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Hoogenraad (52), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van den Burg (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Huldberg (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Donkers (0), Woensel
• Annetje Molenaar (63), Poortugaal
• Arie Hoogenraad (52), 's Gravenzande, Nederland
• Antje van der Vijver (9), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van den Burg (70), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland

• 1898 » Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum († 1990)
• 1898 » Carl Johnson, American long jumper († 1932)
• 1898 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge († 1967)
• 1898 » John McLaughlin, American painter and translator († 1976)
• 1901 » Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host († 1986)
• 1901 » Regina M. Anderson, Multiracial playwright and librarian († 1993)
• 1901 » Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent († 2000)
• 1901 » Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright († 1992)
• 1902 » Earl Averill, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1902 » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower († 1981)

• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)

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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

The temperature on May 21, 1899 was about 10.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.