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• Alexander van Rossum, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1900)
• Amanda Satter, Pokegama, Pine, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1904)
• Adriana Kruijswijk, Amsterdam († 1932)
• Meijer, Den Haag († 1941)
• Abraham Franken, Stad Doetinchem († 1943)
• Koene Pruim, Barger Oosterveld
• Albert Rietveld, Otley, Marion County, Iowa († 1989)
• Adrianus Braber, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hermanus Sadelaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1951)
• Adriaan de Bourgraaf, Wemeldinge († 1939)

• Agatha van Hoof (75), Hoge en Lage Mierde
• Alle Rinzes Aardema (44), ureterp
• Angelique SMEESTERS (105)
• Adriana Pieterse (1), Weesperkarspel
• Albert Egges POST (83), Groningen, Groningen, NEDERLAND
• Alfonsus Ludovicus MERTENS (1), Mol Belgie
• Alijda van Nimwegen (90), Amersfoort
• Albert Egges Post (83), Groningen
• Alle Aardema (44), Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina BISTMANS (71), Lier,2500,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1897 » Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel († 1961)
• 1897 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author († 1969)
• 1900 » Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator († 1970)
• 1901 » Olev Roomet, Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player († 1987)
• 1902 » Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece († 1986)
• 1902 » Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic († 1979)
• 1903 » Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1993)
• 1903 » Ella Baker, American activist († 1986)
• 1905 » Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic († 2007)
• 1906 » Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark († 1968)

• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
• 1924 » Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• 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 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• 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.

The temperature on December 13, 1899 was about -11.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.