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• Adrianus Antonius Marinus, Veghel(NB) († 1970)
• Aaltjen Schutte, Gorssel
• Angela Kratz, Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Aleida Gerridina Embsen, Haaksbergen, Ov, Nederland
• Adriana Hoezen, Gemonde († 1978)
• Aafina Maria Dijkhuis, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1974)
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Balster, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Aniela PIETRAŚ, Radawczyk, Polska († 1985)
• (Christian) Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg van Denenmarken, Sorgenfri (Den) († 1972)
• Anna Geertruida van Beek, Utrecht 670 († 1919)

• Anna Wezenbeek van (73), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anbeek (0), Gelders Veenendaal, Nederland
• adolph willem carel pelgrim (72), arnhem
• Abraham Stroink (53), Enschede
• Adolpf Ligt (41), Veenhuizen (Norg)
• Allegonda Hoeijmakers Hoedemakers (42), Venraij, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Stroink (53), Enschede
• Anne Dolsma (54), Havelte, Wasperveen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Duijnkerke (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Hoedemaeckers (42), Venray

• 1893 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator († 1946)
• 1895 » Shemp Howard, American actor († 1955)
• 1896 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician († 1981)
• 1897 » Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1898 » Dorothy Gish, American actress († 1968)
• 1899 » Frederick IX of Denmark († 1972)
• 1899 » James H. Douglas, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 1988)
• 1900 » Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII († 1987)
• 1903 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader († 1992)
• 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)

• 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)

• 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.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
• 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 March 11, 1899 was about 3.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.