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• Adrianus Braspenning, Hoeven († 1963)
• Albertina Crapts-, Maastricht, Nederland († 1989)
• Alphonse Arthur Lesenne, Ronse, België († 1926)
• Adriaan van Dijke, Nieuwerkerk († 1899)
• Aalbert van Mullem, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel
• Adrianus Marinus Wijnandus Antonius Ultee, Woerden
• Andries Marinus de Jongh, Tiel, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Hake, Versen († 1910)
• Albert Brem, Hattem, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana Viveen, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1899)

• Antoon Janssen (0), Kerkrade (L
• Antonie Zon van (68), Ammerzoden, Gld, Nederland
• Aartje Johanna BROEDER (1), Rotterdam
• Andries Pauwels (55), Hontenisse
• Adolphina Van den Meersschaut (76), Gent
• Koedam (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Tromp (15), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Alders (51), Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Arie Steenkamp (72), Stoutenburg
• Anna Hartman (73), stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)

• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
• 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Neeltje
14. Petronella
15. Geertruida
16. Helena

• 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 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

The temperature on January 3, 1899 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.