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• Alida Petronella Catalina BOSMAN, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Abraham De Roo, Rotterdam
• Aartje Troost, Harderwijk
• Albert De Groep, Temse, België († 1929)
• Aarnout Izaak Wisse, Kruiningen, Zeeland, NL († 1899)
• Anna Maria van der Veer, Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Albert Marie Versteegh, Yogjakarta, Indonesie († 1945)
• Anna Van Zylen, Grand Haven,, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Álvaro Xavier de Faria, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal († 1987)
• Anna van Heemst, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)

• Adriaan GOOSSENS (61), Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Albert Joseph HARDY (6), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Ardina van de Hey (77), Hollandtown, Brown county, Wisconsin (USA)
• Aart van Asch (0), Utrecht
• Anne Elisabeth Leemans (67), Gelinden, België
• Antonette van Daal (78), Valkenswaard
• Albert de Jonge (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonette van Daal (78), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ankjen Sieds Ynema (90), stiens
• Anna Cornelia Denneman (46), Alkmaar

• 1893 » Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic († 1984)
• 1894 » Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter († 1976)
• 1896 » C. M. Eddy Jr., American author († 1967)
• 1896 » Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner († 1982)
• 1898 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist and author († 1978)
• 1901 » Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic († 1973)
• 1903 » Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1904 » Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer († 2006)
• 1904 » Cary Grant, English-American actor († 1986)
• 1905 » Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss († 2002)

• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)

• 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• 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 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• 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.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on January 18, 1899 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.