About the day » Wednesday November 15, 1899Calender converter

• Albéric Cyrille Couckuyt, Heule, WVL, B († 1900)
• Albertus Loorbach, Wildervank († 1978)
• Andries van CALSBEEK, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Adrianus Heijblok, Den Helder († 1975)
• Adriana Antonia Smorenburg, Woerden, Utrecht, NL († 1899)
• Albert Jan van Huizen, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1900)
• Adriana Catharina Johanna Coppens, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Albertina Vervuurt, Maasbree († 1950)
• "Paul" Pierre Jehan de Lesquen du Plessis-Casso († 1975)
• Alieda Kamps, Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Gees († 1923)

• Aalbert Aalders (70), Sillevoldsche Buurt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auke Murks Aukema (81), Bolsward (FRL)
• Arie Strijdhorst (57), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Aalders (70), Silvolde
• Adrianus Romijn (15), dubbeldam (zuid holland)
• Antonia Maria Kok (20), Amsterdam
• Antonia Rombouts (65), Oorderen
• Alicia Julia Vermaut (0), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Aaltje Duif (43), Monnickendam
• Antje Tak (40), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 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)

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.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
• 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%.