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• Angèle Malard, Lisieux, France († 1987)
• Albert de Bruin
• Aafje Dalenberg, Hargen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Benjamin Powell, St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
• Aaltje VERMEER, Driel (Overbetuwe) Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Reijers, Gendringen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Backx, Zundert
• Abraham de Jonge, 's-Gravenhage
• van Dorp, Schipluiden († 1899)
• Allagonda Johanna van der Koore

• Ada M Overen (22), Dunlap, Peoria County, Illinois, United States of America
• Anthonie van Donselaar (67), Langbroek, Utrecht, NL
• Antje van Dien (65), Rotterdam,Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cools (39), Retie, België
• Anna Barbara Schenk (64), Langnau, Bern, Switzerland
• Anna Maria Josepha van den DRIES (76), Asten, 3287, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Adriana Reijnhoudt (41), Rotterdam
• Anthoni van Donselaar (67), Langbroek
• Albertje Stellingwerf (43), Boijl, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Adriana Reijngoudt (41), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1893 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany († 1978)
• 1893 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice († 1964)
• 1894 » Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress († 1985)
• 1895 » Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper († 1967)
• 1898 » Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader († 1979)
• 1898 » Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE († 1974)
• 1900 » Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners († 1941)
• 1904 » Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer († 1947)
• 1904 » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1904 » Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author († 1987)

• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 » William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)

• 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.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on March 26, 1899 was about 2.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.