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• Adriana cornelia Diepstraten, Bavel († 1989)
• Adriaan Martinus HEIJBLOM, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Martinus HEIJBLOM, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Abraham Werkendam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Meijer, Winschoten, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Aldegonda Lucia Hendrika Kwanten, Nieuw-Helvoet († 1899)
• Aldegonda Lucia Hendrika Kwanten, Nieuw-Helvoet († 1899)
• Aafke Jilderda, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfons ENGELEN, Paal (B) († 1971)
• Adriaantje Groeneveld, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1987)

• Anna Catharina Ruijten (77), Maastricht
• Arend Ammerlaan (86), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius DERKSEN (59), Huissen
• Aldegondis Maria Johanna Geurts (4), Maasniel
• Adelbert Joannes HOMANS (65), Meerhout, 2450, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Antonette Antonia Kentie (0), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arend Ammerlaan (86), Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Toonen (84), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Arie van den Herik (20), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Antonette Antonia Kentie (0), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)
• 1896 » Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)
• 1898 » Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor († 1960)
• 1900 » Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer († 1973)
• 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
• 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)

• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)

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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
• 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.
• December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

The temperature on October 21, 1899 was about 3.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.