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• Albert Antony Stolk, Schiedam Z.H
• Angelo Luigi Mario Cicognani, Forli, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
• Alfred Louis Gustav Nestler ****, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Alicia Vandervleet, Jette, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest († 1984)
• Alida Elzinga, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna de Waal († 1948)
• Aaltje Hendriks, Oranjedorp, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1972)
• Abma, Uitwellingerga, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jongman, Vollenhove († 1904)
• Adrianus Willebrordus Jacobus Mol, Oudenbosch (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant) († 1918)

• Albert Bennink (73), Wijhe, Nederland
• Hendrik Mathijs van Lit (71), Geldermalsen
• Catharina Peternella van Schagen (75), Zutphen
• Alex Capriles (0), Willemstad, Curacao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Abraham Haavekost (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Reine (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bennink (73), Veessen,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleijda Meeuwsen (67), Elst,Overbetuwe
• Derk Hendrik de Vries (0), Amersfoort
• Catharina Maria van Akkerveken (0), Woensel

• 1893 » Carol II of Romania († 1953)
• 1894 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel († 1965)
• 1897 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1960)
• 1899 » Adolf Brudes, Polish-German race car driver († 1986)
• 1899 » José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama († 1964)
• 1900 » Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1901 » Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist († 1952)
• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

• 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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

The temperature on October 15, 1899 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.