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• Aart WALET, Nijkerk (Gld) buurtschap Veen († 1900)
• Albert John SCHOLTEN, Iowa, United States († 1991)
• Geensen, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Baumann, Rotterdam
• Aart Walet, Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1900)
• Aaltje Nieuwenhuis, Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaltje Hanzes Nieuwenhuis, Rottevalle, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana van der Linden, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Aleida Maria Frieling, Hengelo († 1917)
• Adriana Leenderina Lievense, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

• Anthonius van der Bijl (51), Wassenaar
• Anna Maria van de Pavoordt (75), Gouda
• Albert Dekker (59), Uffelte, Havelte
• Adriana Cornelia Hartvelt (26), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hekman, onnen
• Almira Jane Wheeler (56), Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States
• Albert van Dalfsen (5)
• Albertus Dingen (0), Veldhoven
• Albert Regelink (68), Barsbeek (Vollenhove, Ambt), Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafje Fraij (48), Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1897 » Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter († 1973)
• 1899 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic († 1932)
• 1900 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic († 1997)
• 1901 » Maurice Evans, English actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord († 2001)
• 1903 » Eddie Acuff, American actor († 1956)
• 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
• 1904 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor († 1984)
• 1905 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer († 1946)

• 1875 » Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
• 1902 » Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
• 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer 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. 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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
• 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 June 3, 1899 was about 19.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.