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• Abraham Goes, Noordeloos († 1987)
• Anna Goeree, Exloërmond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1975)
• Albertus Cornelis Veldhuizen, Arnhem († 1969)
• Amelia Leeuws, Schaffen, België
• Adelson VAN DER HISPAILLIE, Brugge († 1900)
• Adrianus Stam, Catrijp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Aagje Cornelia Geense, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1985)
• Abraham van der Kolk, Den Haag
• Adriana Maria van Sprang, Herpt en Bern († 1945)
• Aldegonda van de Brug, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL († 1956)

• (Graaf) Ernst Louis Van Limburg Stirum (42), Davos, Davos, Chantun Grischun, Switzerland
• Aletta Jans Boomsma (40), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aletta Boomsma (40), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Vandamme (74), Ieper West-Vlaanderen België
• Augustine Gabrielle COURCY (34), Paris, Île-de-France, FRANCE
• Catharina Helena Pastoor (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• (Graaf) Ernst Louis van Limburg Stirum (42), Davos, Davos, Chantun Grischun, Switzerland
• Adrianus Jong de ongehuwd (46), Woensdrecht, NB, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Timmerman (15), Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Boomsma (40), Smallingerland (Drachten), Friesland, Nederland

• 1897 » Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1899 » Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor († 1985)
• 1899 » Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist († 1981)
• 1901 » Craig Wood, American golfer († 1968)
• 1901 » George Gallup, American statistician and academic († 1984)
• 1901 » V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1902 » Franklin Adreon, American film and television director († 1979)
• 1904 » Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1983)
• 1904 » Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist († 1978)
• 1906 » Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet († 1954)

• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 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.
• November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

The temperature on November 18, 1899 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.