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• Aaffien Ausema, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Andrew TURSAK, Austria-Hungary
• Aleida Hendrika Marie Kophoff, Zwolle
• Aaltje de Jong, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Staaltjens, Princenhage
• Albertus Wilhelmus Linschoten, Utrecht († 1946)
• Aloisius, Martinus Verstaen, Oeselgem, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Aleida Engelbertha van Heek, Enschede († 1989)
• Adriana Cornelia van der Sneppen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1901)
• Albert NORGAN, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1977)

• Anthonius Johannes Jacobus Lowies (1), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Van der Veeke (1), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Arnolda Margaretha KLEIN (69), Arnhem,Gelderland,NEDERLAND
• Auke~Murks Aukema (81), Boalsert
• Antje Tak (41), Overschie
• Arendina Wilhelmina Spijker (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Thijmann (65), Niederlangen, Lathen
• Abraham Snider (86)
• Américo Monteiro de Barros (63), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Adriaan van de Ven (69), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1892 » Naomi Childers, American actress († 1964)
• 1895 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1895 » Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1896 » Leonard Lord, English businessman († 1967)
• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)
• 1905 » Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1906 » Curtis LeMay, American general and politician († 1990)

• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)

• 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.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
• 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 November 15, 1899 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.