About the day » Thursday August 17, 1899Calender converter

• ?? Sauviller, Antwerpen († 1899)
• Alois Fonteyne, Beveren-Roeselare († 1969)
• Albertus Meulmeester, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Adrianus de Vos, Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus de Vos, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriane van Pelt, De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Adriaan Vader, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1900)
• Albertus Meulmeester († 1964)
• Albert Lesuisse (Geboren als Pipeleers), Sint-Truiden, België
• Kuijsten, Besoyen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Albert POOIJER (78), Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Catharina Markusse (30), Schore, Nederland
• Adriana Goedknegt (0), Vlaardingen
• Albert Jobsz Pooijer (78), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Ariana Bleijenberg (50), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda DOUFEN (70), Venlo, 3185, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Wagemakers (68), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus Kievit (79), oegstgeest (zuid holland)
• Bridget Doolan (44), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Baukje Nijboer (47), Siegerswoude

• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)
• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
• 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)

• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)

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 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.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on August 17, 1899 was about 17.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.