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• Alexandra Mackinnon Burs, Subianco, West Australia
• Aleida Bieshaar, Bussum († 1971)
• Agnes Bernardina Elligens, Stompwijk († 1902)
• Aaltje Heiminge, Rolde,Drenthe,Niederlande,Nijlande († 1974)
• Aaltje Baanders, Apeldoorn († 1902)
• Hendrika Stolk, Castricum
• Alice, Emma, Marie Ans(S)eeuw, Sint Kruis,Brugge,8310,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België
• Alida Cornelia de Bruijn, Amsterdam
• Abeilardo Nogueira da Gama, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Alida Cornelia de Bruijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• Anna Bernardina Harlé (0), Arnhem
• ten Brink (80), Hoogeveen (De Slood)
• Albardus Ludzers Nicolai (72), Suawoude
• Adriana van de Merwe (0), Strijen
• Annegina Alberdina Luiting
• Allardus Ludzers Nicolai (72), Suawoude, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Cornelis Smits (39), Haarlem
• Adrianus Antonius Mol (26), Oudenbosch (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant)
• Aaltje Berghorst (27), Vaassen
• Koster (0), Rijssen

• 1891 » Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician († 1939)
• 1892 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1895 » Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician († 1979)
• 1897 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general († 1947)
• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1900 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer († 1983)
• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)

• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)

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.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• 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.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• 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.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on February 22, 1899 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.