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• Aaltje Arends, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands(Kleindijk)
• Aleida Bannink, Laren (Lochem)
• Aag Schuurmans († 1921)
• Adriana van Rijsbergen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Albertus van Doorn, Groesbeek (GLD), Nederland († 1973)
• AALTJE HUISMAN, Esveld
• Aafje Dekker, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert van Hattem, Maurik
• Allan M Crain, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Elisabeth Voets, Overpelt († 1985)

• Andries Meeuwissen (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelius Kerremans (5), Borgerhout, Antwerpen (B)
• Adèle Deïdamie CHABANEL (99), Avignon,84000,Vaucluse,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,FRANCE
• Anna Maria Bakermans (56), Beek en Donk, NB, Nederland
• Aaltje Oudshoorn (23), Leimuiden
• Aafke Huisman (1), Terwispel
• Aafke Alderts Huisman (1), Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Rijsdijk (70), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Berend de Weerd (74), Vredeveld, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Klazes Hofstee (66), Leek

• 1892 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer († 1982)
• 1893 » Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher († 1979)
• 1894 » Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director († 1970)
• 1895 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author († 1980)
• 1896 » Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager († 1964)
• 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
• 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)
• 1900 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician († 1945)
• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

• 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 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.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• 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 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

The temperature on October 7, 1899 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.