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• Alberta Marie Louise (Berthe) Daigneault, St-Remi, Napierville, Quebec, Canada († 1999)
• Ada Margaretha Bertha 'Moenie' Doornbos, Bergen op Zoom († 1970)
• Alphonsus Antonius Scheipers, Stabroek (B)
• Alexandra Leonarda van Bergen, Leiden
• Andreas Joseph Adalbert Graaf Hadik van Futak, Boedapest
• Aleida Pullen, Brucht, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1997)
• Adrianus Huizer, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Lambertus van den Waardenburg, Helmond
• Alida Johanna Teune, Amsterdam
• Ada Margaretha Bertha Doornbos, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)

• Anna Maria van Lieshout (73), Erp
• Aleida Roelofs (87), Elst (GE NL)
• Abraham STEGEMAN (42), Holland, Ottawa, Mich
• Alvin Hart (1), Doniphan, Kansas
• Anna Elisabeth Van Houtem, Wittem (Mechelen)
• (Stillborn) Brehler (0), Hattem, Nederland
• Antje Andries van der Wijk (75), Smallingerland
• Anna Maria Cammaerts (75), Wezembeek Oppem, 1970, België
• Antje OOMS (62), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna BEZEMER (83), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress († 2003)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)
• 1911 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress († 1979)

• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• 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.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

The temperature on February 19, 1899 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.