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• Aagje Lindeboom, Winkel († 1899)
• Anna Antonetta van Bladel, Nijmegen († 1906)
• van Iterson, Leiden († 1975)
• Eelke Franciscus de Jong, Workum
• Aaltje de Jong, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Heesen, Utrecht († 1899)
• Aleida Maria Hoedt, Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Aaltje de Jong, Ee († 1984)
• Albertje van Houten, Oudehorne
• Alida Majenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• -Wilhelmus Becks (66), Nijmegen (Gld/NL)
• Alphonsus Joannes Maria Antonius Wouters (0), Antwerpen, België
• Aartje van den Brink (41), Nijkerk zie Gelderland-Nijkerk
• Adriana Saarloos (0), willemstad (noord brabant)
• Antje Kooyman (25)
• Heickmann (0)
• Albertje Alberts de Hey (0), Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Reith (51), Unterbimbach, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Aaltje Jans Kort (77), Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Toutenburg (76), Harlingen

• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)

• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)

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.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• 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 July 17, 1899 was about 18.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.