About the day » Friday June 2, 1899Calender converter

• Adrian Bruce Walker
• Anna Elisabeth Martijn, Leiden
• Adriaan Boven van, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Anna Siegismundt
• Akke Annes Bierma
• Anna Josina Rendering, Scheemda († 1980)
• Akke Visser, Gaasterland
• Albertus A. Koerhuis, Raalte
• Adrianus Marijnissen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1994)
• Alfons OOSTERLYNCK

• Clarisse Benoîte BEAUFAUX (77), Wavre, 25112, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Berendina Dikschei (55), Heerde
• Albert Jan Overweg (76), Olst
• Ferdinand (0), Goutum
• Catharina Gerardina Maria Bax (48), Rotterdam
• Berendina Dikschei (55), Heerde
• Arijette Reijntjes (85), Kampen
• Bastiaan Martinus VERDUIN (45)
• Berendina Dikschei (55), Heerde
• Aaffien Velthuis (0), Veendam-Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• 1891 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot († 1945)
• 1891 » Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge († 1969)
• 1899 » Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer († 1980)
• 1899 » Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director († 1981)
• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)
• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1907 » John Lehmann, English poet and publisher († 1987)
• 1910 » Hector Dyer, American sprinter († 1990)
• 1911 » Joe McCluskey, American runner († 2002)

• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)

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 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• 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.
• November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

The temperature on June 2, 1899 was about 21.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.