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• Albertus Martinus ter Doest, Woolde (Hengelo) († 1984)
• Anna Josephina Jungen, Richterich, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 1975)
• Alfons L Braem, Zwijndrecht
• Adelson Louis, Boussu, Hainaut, Belgium
• Anna Catharina Alfons VAN ROBBROECK, Terhagen, Rumst, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1900)
• Aaltje Blok, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1900)
• Andries Jacobs, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Albertje Bathoorn, Peize (gem. Noordenveld) († 1973)
• Alphonsus Joannes Baptist De Herdt, Mortsel
• Anita Mary Stokes, Stone Ridge, Ulster, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1994)

• Allbertina Bouwmeester (62), Vaassen
• Antonie Adriaans (74), Someren, Nederland
• "Harold" Jean Baptiste Portalis (89), Le Vésinet, Yvelines, France
• Anne Gerbens Bosma (59), Harlingen, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Keizer (81), Ruischerbrug, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Husen (50), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (NLD)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Cornelis Bindels (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Fikkert (51), Ambt Almelo
• Alida Judich Gerrit Schultze (72), Schiermonnikoog
• Aleida Kapers (64), Zutphen

• 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
• 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
• 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
• 1894 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist († 1961)
• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
• 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic († 1982)
• 1900 » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician († 1990)
• 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
• 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)

• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)

• 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 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.

The temperature on December 8, 1899 was about -4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.