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• Adrianus den Hollander, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Alle Schaafsma, Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1900)
• Achille Léon VANDROEMME, Wulvergem,8952,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie († 1955)
• Aaltje Van Der WERF, Elkerzee, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherland
• Alewijn Ott, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Alice Vande Zande, Alto, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• (2) Johanna Petronella van Vliet, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1943)
• Adrianus BON, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adriana Johanna Scholte, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Vande Zande († 1994)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Walstok (74), Maastricht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Franzisca Börmann (79), Polsum
• Adrianus Hoogenboezem (76), Lekkerkerk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Veeren (76), Halsteren
• (Stillborn) GROENEWOLD (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• (69)
• Adrianus Marinuszn HOGENBOEZEM | Hoogenboezem (76), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Adrianus Hoogenboezem (76), Lekkerkerk
• Antonius Schellekens (53), Veghel
• Antonius Schellekens (53), Veghel

• 1891 » Fanny Brice, American actress and singer († 1951)
• 1897 » Billy Walker, English footballer († 1964)
• 1897 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany († 1945)
• 1898 » Alan Barker, English soldier († 1984)
• 1899 » Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor († 1972)
• 1905 » Henry Green, English author († 1973)
• 1906 » Fredric Brown, American author († 1972)
• 1907 » Edwige Feuillère, French actress († 1998)
• 1910 » A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1913 » Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee († 2014)

• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)

• 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on October 29, 1899 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.