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• Angenietje Boer, Foxwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriaan Hagenaars, Rotterdam
• Anna Jacoba van Osch, Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Amanda Louisa Prenger, Rotterdam († 1972)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Bentem, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Alice Lavinia Chirdon, Patton, Cambria, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Abraham Stoffel LOUWS, Serooskerke, Walcheren
• Adolf Houtman, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna T. Torkveen, Lom, Oppland, Norway († 1975)
• Agnesia Rosalia Francisca De Boyser, Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België

• Alexandrina Stoops (1), Antwerpen
• Andries Jeips Heida (43), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Hemmelder (83), Delden (Ovl)
• Alberdina Gesina Dekker (72), Vriezenveen
• Andries Slootmaekers (84), Zonhoven
• Aaltje Harmens Otter (82), Tolbert
• Arnoldus van Zeeland (van Zeland) (53), Haarlem, Nederland
• Alfred Mikaelsson (0), Fågelberget, Frostviken, Jämtland (Z)
• Adriana MOESKOPS (68), Oud-Turnhout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Amand Albert PIESSENS (3), Terhagen Belgie

• 1895 » Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress († 1927)
• 1899 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1972)
• 1899 » Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1900 » István Fekete, Hungarian author († 1970)
• 1900 » Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology († 1975)
• 1900 » Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator († 1986)
• 1901 » Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver and pilot († 1982)
• 1901 » Mildred Dunnock, American actress († 1991)
• 1905 » Margery Sharp, English author and educator († 1991)
• 1905 » Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal († 1985)

• 1881 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
• 1891 » Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
• 1900 » Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
• 1907 » René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
• 1908 » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850)
• 1908 » Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839)
• 1910 » W. G. Read Mullan, American Jesuit and academic (1860)
• 1912 » Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1816)
• 1925 » Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858)

• 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 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• 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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.

The temperature on January 25, 1899 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.