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• Abraham Waterman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1961)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Tilborg, Baarle-Nassau († 1972)
• Anna Bos, Avereest († 1932)
• Adriana Catharina Dymphna van Rooij, Goirle († 1978)
• Adrianus Gerardus DE VRIES, Deurne en Liessel, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1959)
• Alfons Van Vooren, Adegem (B) († 1959)
• Albine Marie Leonie Fouyn, Zétrud-Lumay († 1989)
• Alida Johanna Bras, rotterdam
• Allegunda Servaes, Nieukerk, Deutschland († 1962)
• Albertus Willem Jacob Schipper, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Antonia Catharina Petronella Booij (12), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus den Brok (0), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Jonker (26), Dreischor, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Nagelmaker (0), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Meijs (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aletta Johanna Petronella Gerritsd Pretorius (78), Sannaspos, R.S.A.
• Abram Vroegop (40), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Jobse (78), Aagtekerke
• van Klinkenberg (0), Amerongen
• Adrianus Cornelius Meijs (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)
• 1893 » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss († 1976)
• 1899 » Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator († 1974)
• 1900 » Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)
• 1902 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author († 1940)
• 1904 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist († 2004)
• 1904 » Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1905 » Charles Lane, American actor and singer († 2007)
• 1905 » Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 1987)

• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)

• 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.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
• December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

The temperature on January 26, 1899 was about -3.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.