About the day » Thursday August 10, 1899Calender converter

• Alice A Westendorf, Woden, Hancock County, Iowa († 1983)
• Albert Jans Landmeter, Boornbergum († 1973)
• Alva Cornelious Dick, Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1923)
• Luesink, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Trompetter, Noordwolde gem. Weststellingwerf († 1976)
• Anna GREUTER, Beemster
• Alice Hutchinson, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey († 1978)
• Alfons Van Boeckel, Berlaar, België
• Koenen, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1899)
• Adriana Hendrika Kuipers, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1952)

• Apollonia de Jonge (0), Hoedekenskerke
• Bertha Maria Maes (0), Temse
• Anna Maria Catharina van Bree (0), Helmond
• Antke Klaassens (27), Beerta
• Anna Coolen (44), Bladel/Netersel
• Adelaide HAMMOND (11), Timaru, New Zealand
• Aartje Otto (92), 's Gravenzande (ZH-NLD)
• Anna Vogel (64), USA-MN-Carver County-Chaska
• Assina Swiers (0), Sappemeer
• Albertus van Niekerk (77), Amersfoort

• 1894 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India († 1980)
• 1895 » Hammy Love, Australian cricketer († 1969)
• 1897 » Jack Haley, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1897 » John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm († 1988)
• 1900 » Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1994)
• 1902 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1902 » Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1902 » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress († 1983)
• 1903 » Ward Moore, American author († 1978)
• 1905 » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author († 1986)

• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)

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.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• 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.

The temperature on August 10, 1899 was about 23.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.