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• Alida Johanna van Raamsdaonk, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Alida Cornelia Prijn, Leerdam (NL) († 1944)
• Aaltje van der Veen, Noordwolde, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• Albert Polnicky († 1969)
• Luitje Zwaneveld, Kolham († 1927)
• Alice Hildegarde Sweeney, Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Duindam, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Alice Purdon Tarr, Eastern Cape, South Africa († 1987)
• Alexander Cornelis Maria Kok, Zwolle
• Aartje van Middendorp, Heteren († 1919)

• Anna Kromer (0), Steinschönau (Kamenický Šenov), Böhmen, Österreich-Ungarn (jetzt: Tschechien)
• Aaltje van ESSO (27), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van HAL (79), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Amelia Vandeputte, Ingelmunster
• Anna Maria Roos (7), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje VAN ESSO (27), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Cornelis Pigmans- (51), Udenhout, Nederland
• Arend Hagedoorn (60), Nijverdal {OV}
• Cornelia Jacoba Amman (36), Rotterdam
• Annigje Kuipers (33), Kampen

• 1894 » Olive Thomas, American model and actress († 1920)
• 1895 » Morrie Ryskind, American writer/director († 1985)
• 1895 » Rex Ingram, American actor († 1969)
• 1897 » Yi Un, South Korean general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan († 1969)
• 1900 » Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1974)
• 1901 » Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer († 1993)
• 1901 » Frank Churchill, American film composer († 1942)
• 1904 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist († 2006)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)

• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)

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.
• January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on October 20, 1899 was about 16.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.