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• Martens, Zevenbergen († 1899)
• Aaltje Maria Boekel, Huisduinen (gem. den Helder, NH)
• Adrianus PIKAAR, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1956)
• Adriana Plugge, Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Tonnis, Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Bakema, Helpman, Haren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1899)
• Ake Babtist, Exloërmond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1968)
• Albertus Ijsbrands Jepma, Tzummarum († 1963)
• Aaltje Maria Boekel, Den Helder († 1992)
• Albertus Jepma, Barradeel

• Aurelia Dwight Hooker (23), New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Maria de Glas (0), Terheijden, Nederland
• Arjen Jobs Wassenaar (60), St. Annaparochie
• Anna Catharina Bollyn (3), Perk
• Antonius Marinus van Riel (59), Breda, Nederland
• Anna Helena Meuffels (0), Susteren
• Anthonij Verseput (61), Rotterdam
• Antje De Ridder (65), Oostzaan, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Klaver (0), Spanbroek
• Adriana van Veen (70), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• 1893 » Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China († 1981)
• 1895 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter († 1974)
• 1895 » Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager († 1985)
• 1900 » Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral († 1986)
• 1901 » Art Rooney, American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers († 1988)
• 1901 » Willy Fritsch, German actor († 1973)
• 1903 » John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1903 » Otto P. Weyland, American general († 1979)
• 1904 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic († 1979)
• 1905 » Howard McNear, American actor († 1969)

• 1860 » János Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
• 1880 » Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)

• 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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

The temperature on January 27, 1899 was about -6.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.