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• Adriana Johanna Louisa Arsi, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert LUIMES, Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, Langerak
• Anna Lever, Nieuwe Pekela (NL) († 1899)
• Anna Cornelia van der Aa-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1903)
• Adrianus de Koning, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Adriana Jacoba Bijsterveld, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert BLANCHAERT, Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adrianus Josephus Schoenmakers, Schiedam,-
• Anna Bowling († 1970)
• (Maria) Helena Weusten, Ulestraten († 1904)

• Anna (85), Elwood, Box Elder, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna, Maria van 't Hoff (1), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Visser, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Jans Krabbe (68), Apeldoorn
• Alfred Elijah Quartermaine (37), Albany, Western Australia, Australia
• Graeff (0), Amsterdam
• Annigje (Krabbe) Krabben (68), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Zwart (76), capelle
• Akke Ubeles Veenland (73), Kortezwaag
• Albert van Leeuwen (75), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1893 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress († 1980)
• 1895 » Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse († 1984)
• 1898 » William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian († 1944)
• 1899 » Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician († 1968)
• 1900 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver († 1981)
• 1901 » Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy († 1961)
• 1905 » Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1988)
• 1905 » Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia († 1993)
• 1906 » Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau († 1989)
• 1907 » Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist († 2019)

• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)

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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• 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.
• November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
• November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

The temperature on April 1, 1899 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.