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• Alberdina Westerhof, Spanga
• van der Beek († 1899)
• Adriaan Raas, s Heer Arendskerke († 1899)
• "Eleonore" Maria Anna Josepha Ida zu Schwarzenberg, Osov / Groß Wossow, Tchéquie († 1984)
• Aaltje Geertje Ruimschoot, Amsterdam († 1953)
• Adriana Maria Wijnmalen, Loosduinen
• Alberdina Westerhof *, Spanga
• Alphonse de Moreau, Bruxelles († 1996)
• Adrianus Everardus van Voorthuijsen, Rhenen
• Jansegers, Bornem († 1899)

• Aaron Schmeyer (71)
• Anna van Egmond (35), Noordwijkerhout
• anna ringeling (0), amsterdam
• Barend Soesan (41), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bons (77), Terheijden
• Antonius Cornelis Bakx (0), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van de Ketterij (0), Arnemuiden
• Antonia Pouw (1), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Lefferts (0), Havelte, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bartha van der Woerd (0), Leersum,, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)

• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• 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.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• 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 August 15, 1899 was about 20.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.