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• Anna Josepha Gerarda Van Zandbergen, Beveren-Waas, België († 1985)
• Albert Luchies, Beilen, Drenthe, Nl († 1900)
• Adrianus Pein, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Albert Luchies, Tiendeveen, Beilen († 1900)
• Scholten, Nijehaske († 1899)
• Albertus Petrus Hulsman, Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana Sophia Reintjes, 's-Gravenhage († 1902)
• Abraham Pruimboom, 's Gravenhage († 1967)
• Anna Lievense, 's-Heerenhoek, Borsele, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1901)

• Adolphe Joseph DECAILLON (52), Neuville sur Escaut (59293) Frankrijk
• Johanna Zijlmans (54), Raamsdonkveer
• Hanemaaijer (10), De Lier
• Albert van den Berg (41), Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bengt Jonsson (81)
• Berthina Petronella Oost (0), Baarle-Hertog, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Moorman (35), Den Helder
• Anna Willing (56), London, London, England, United Kingdom
• Berend Drenth (0), Windeweer gem. Hoogezand
• Aaltje Brummel (64), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France († 2000)
• 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

• 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

The temperature on February 5, 1899 was about 1.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.