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• Abraham Cyrus Eutsey, Pennsylvania († 1985)
• Alfred Stuart Howard Walford, London (GB) († 1979)
• Alice EECKHOUT, Hundelgem,9630,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1942)
• Aaltje Busstra, Nieuw Amsterdam, Drenthe, Nederland († 1900)
• De Keijzer, Clinge Zeeland (NL)
• Albert Boverhof, Steenwijkerwold († 1899)
• Adriaantje Vreugdenhil, Rotterdam († 1900)
• Achille Camille Beernaert, Ingelmunster,8770,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adrianus Hugo Gravestijn, Rotterdam
• Adrianus de Leeuw, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)

• Annichjen Klazes Koning (82), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aaltje Rijks van Wageningen (79), Zalk, Ov. Nederland
• Amalia Alwine von Tiemroth (71), Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Adriaan Jan Huibregtse (1), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Gerritsd Laagland (55), Wymbritseradeel, fr.nld
• Aagje van Vliet (87), Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Geijsen (50), Voorst
• Alida Johanna Margaretha van Aaken (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Aafje Hoogendam (45), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Wilhelmina de Bruijn (0), Hulst

• 1896 » David J. Mays, American lawyer and author († 1971)
• 1897 » Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer († 1987)
• 1897 » Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator († 1989)
• 1898 » Wiley Post, American pilot († 1935)
• 1899 » Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF († 1987)
• 1900 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author († 1980)
• 1901 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1971)
• 1901 » Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer († 1999)
• 1902 » Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general († 1947)

• 1875 » Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
• 1886 » Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)
• 1900 » Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)
• 1902 » Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)
• 1913 » Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)
• 1919 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)
• 1920 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1884)

• 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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• 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.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on November 22, 1899 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.