About the day » Thursday January 5, 1899Calender converter

• Alida Nagelmaker, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1899)
• Albertus Posthumus, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)
• Abraham Koster, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alida Hendrika Pieters Houkes, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1973)
• Aart Ruts van der Helm, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Radanovich, Croatia, Yugoslavia († 1938)
• Aart van der Helm, Uithoorn
• Alfa Rudella Bartz († 1900)
• Albertus Pouwels, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Walraven, Rilland-Bath

• Andreas Anthonius Arkesteijn (0), Hof van Delft
• Aaltje Jandr. Wilbrink (73), Zuid-en Noord-Schermer
• Berte Johansdatter (79), Ericson, Renville, Minnesota, United States
• * Pieter (1) Kouwenhoven (0), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Albert Hendrik Everts Ekker (75), 's Gravenhage
• Antonie Elzendoorn (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Anthonius Arkestein (0), Hof van Delft
• ---- van der Sant (0), Groningen
• Arendje Kardux (81), Sommelsdijk
• Antonie Elsendoorn(Elzendoorn) (80), Utecht

• 1892 » Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse († 1984)
• 1893 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher († 1952)
• 1897 » Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author († 1945)
• 1900 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter († 1955)
• 1902 » Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist († 1989)
• 1902 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author († 1989)
• 1903 » Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator († 1957)
• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
• 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)
• 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)

• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)

• 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• 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.
• 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 5, 1899 was about 2.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.