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• Aaltje Jans Jongsma, Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Wuts, Swalmen († 1899)
• Abram Theodoor van der Meij, Alkemade Gem
• Aaltje Ter Brake, hengelo
• Alois Pauly, Osann, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Andreas Gijsbertus Jacobus van Oyen, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Anna Gerardina Hendrika van Loo, Amsterdam
• Andre HACHE, Goderville, 76302, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
• Alida Morren, Rotterdam,- († 1929)
• Aletha G Todd, Wakeman, Huron, Ohio († 1990)

• Antonia Magdalena Kootwijk (78), Amsterdam
• Anna, Maria, Hubertina Canjels (70), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anthonie Cheret (86), Dordrecht
• Anna Wohlgemuth (88), Rincao Del Rey, RS
• Jonkman, Beilen, Tiendeveen
• Andries Patijn (62), Hillegersberg, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Dekkers (73), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria DEKKERS (73), Ossendrecht, 4078, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Lindeman (75), Groningen
• Adriaan KAIJEN (81), Dubbeldam

• 1892 » Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic († 1971)
• 1893 » Alois Hába, Czech composer and educator († 1973)
• 1894 » Milward Kennedy, English journalist and civil servant († 1968)
• 1896 » Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung († 1967)
• 1898 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author († 1964)
• 1899 » Pavel Haas, Czech composer († 1944)
• 1903 » Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator († 2003)
• 1903 » Hermann Engelhard, German runner and coach († 1984)
• 1905 » Jacques Goddet, French journalist († 2000)
• 1905 » Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author († 1980)

• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)

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. Hendrika
8. Catharina
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.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 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 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• 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 21, 1899 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.