About the day » Tuesday February 28, 1899Calender converter

• van der Zanden, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van de Meerendonk, Boxtel († 1902)
• Agnes Olson, USA
• Adriana Petronella Blewanus, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Albertje Jager, Zuidbroek († 1955)
• Anette Elina Broekstra, Houwerzijl (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1982)
• Adrianus Johannes Vente, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana Catharina Schwegler († 1899)
• Adriana van DRIESSEN, Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adam Potgieter, Sloten,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)

• Ardina van Delft (74), Drunen
• Anthonia Pieternella van der Laan (35), Overschie
• Anna Jacobs Greidanus (71), Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Farquhar (78), Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Augustinus van Stee (2), 's Heerenhoek
• Adrianus Luijten (62), Spijkenisse
• Agathe Hansen (74), Nørre Broby sogn, Sallinge herred, Svendborg amt
• Adrianus Marius Boll (58), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Smits (81), Altforst
• Axel Emil Theodor Klingström (16), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)
• 1900 » Wolf Hirth, German pilot and engineer, co-founded Schempp-Hirth († 1959)
• 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
• 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1908 » Billie Bird, American actress († 2002)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• 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 February 28, 1899 was about -5.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.