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• Alexander Israel KATAN, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Aagje Westerhout, Ameide († 1960)
• Alarich Franz Gashler, WAEHRING, VIENNA, AUSTRIA († 1985)
• Aagje Westerhoud, Ameide, Gemeente Zederik, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adrianus Bergman, Boxtel († 1922)
• Adriana Maria van Sprang, Herpt en Bern, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Abraham van der Kolk, 's-Gravenhage
• Alexander Katan, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Adrianus Bergman, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Aldegonda van de Brug, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL († 1956)

• Antonia Willemina Vermijn (81), Ravenswaaij, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Timmerman (15), Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana den Braven (58), Schelluinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia den Besten (56), Nieuwland, Nederland
• Anthonia Aletta Verheul (47), Utrecht
• Alberdina Hendriks Brink (84), Hoogeveen nederland
• (Graaf) Ernst Louis van Limburg Stirum (42), Davos, Davos, Chantun Grischun, Switzerland
• Albertus Hermannes Noordkamp (2), Epse, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Casper Melger Pelgrim (61), Rotterdam
• Adrianus de Jong (46), Woensdrecht

• 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)

• 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• 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.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

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