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• Abraham Verbrugh, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Akke van Wier, Wonseradeel
• Neeltje Vasbloem, Marken
• Aart Christiaan van Mourik, Zaltbommel († 1970)
• Adrianus Koks, Rucphen († 1933)
• Adriana Barbara van GEEL, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Trip, Exloermond
• ALOIS STICHELBAUT († 1946)
• (Stillborn) HAGENOUW, Middelstum Groningen Netherlands († 1899)
• Adrianus Gerardus Jozef van der Bijl, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Netherlands

• Antonius Johannes Melssen (0), Ewijk
• Aaltje HUISMAN (56), Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Delmote (89), Zedelgem West-Vlaanderen België
• Anna Maria de Rouw (72), Driel, Overbetuwe, GLD, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stoffelen (80), Groesbeek
• Antonetta Beljaars (77), Oosterhout
• Antonetta Beljaars (77), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Arij Rijsdijk (76), Oost-en West Barendrecht
• de Rooij, Utrecht
• Agnes van der Maase Maazen (89), Westervoort

• 1893 » Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1893 » John Norton, American hurdler († 1979)
• 1895 » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup († 1988)
• 1896 » Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer († 1944)
• 1896 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist († 1952)
• 1899 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic († 1988)
• 1900 » Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1904 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer († 1983)
• 1905 » Frits Philips, Dutch businessman († 2005)

• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)

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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
• June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
• 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.

The temperature on April 16, 1899 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.