About the day » Monday January 2, 1899Calender converter

• Aart van Duijvendijk, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1981)
• Adrianus Van Der Wouden, IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ambrosius Hartman, Amersfoort
• Adrianus Bolte, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Adriana Suzanna de Vink, Leiden
• Anna Gerarda Sommers, Aerdt
• Anna Geertruida Holthaus, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Haest, Zundert († 1951)
• Aart Valks, Rotterdam
• Allegonda Johanna van Dalen, Amsterdam

• Antonij Elferink (75), Bathmen, Overijssel, Pays-Bas
• Aart van Dijk (82), Markluiden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Groot (62), Edam
• Alijda Blooi (3), Leusden
• Allegonda van den Goorbergh (72), Princenhage, Noord Brabant
• Arnold Bouchet, Bree (B)
• Arij HAGENS (80), Zevenbergen
• Antonius Elferink (75), Lettele, Nederland
• Arij Hagens (80), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Santegoets (45), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1895 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat († 1948)
• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)

• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

• 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

The temperature on January 2, 1899 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.