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• Adrianus van der Schoor, Rotterdam
• Abraham Johannes de Vos Burchart, Visegrád
• Adeline Armoza Bisson, Ste.Marguerite, Dorchester Canada
• Adriaantje Evertsdr Beijer, Rockanje († 1917)
• Abraham Ockhuisen, 's Graveland († 1967)
• (Oma), Hendrica van Oirschot, Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Adriana Alida van Orden
• Alberdina Hendrika Abelskamp, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Afina Meijer, Elderen
• Adelle Samaha, Khentchara, El-Matn, Libano († 1941)

• Angenietje Berends (1), Onnen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Magdalena van der Koogh (55), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Albertien Masselink (0), Ermerveen, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Nederhof (89), Boskoop
• Bastiaan Johannes Hijzelendoorn (54), den haag
• Albertus Petrus Vreeburg (69), Zoeterwoude, The Netherlands
• Alida Snijders (92), Utrecht
• Albertien Masselink (0), Ermerveen, gem. Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Petrus Vreeburg (70), Zoeterwoude
• Antoon Joseph Leonard Weelen (0), Kerkrade (L

• 1893 » Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel († 1940)
• 1894 » Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman († 1970)
• 1894 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1895 » J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 1972)
• 1900 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat († 1986)
• 1900 » Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor († 1990)
• 1902 » Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer († 1977)
• 1902 » Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident († 1945)
• 1904 » Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan († 1982)
• 1905 » Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist († 1981)

• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)

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.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• 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 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.

The temperature on January 1, 1899 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.