About the day » Monday April 17, 1899Calender converter

• Anna Rosalia Saenen, Lier, 2500, België
• Alberto Ganzert, Rio Novo, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Alphons de Maaijer, Sint Jansteen, Nederland († 1994)
• Albert Henri Demoustier, Boussu, Hainaut, Belgique († 1984)
• Anna SMIT, Sappemeer Groningen Netherlands
• Alexander Finke, Ambt Almelo († 1915)
• Adriaan Dubbelman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Anna Smit, Sappermeer
• Alfons Schildermans, Rijmenam, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1948)
• Jentje Schonewille, Hollandscheveld

• Adam Henry Norris (32), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
• Alexander McDonald (46), Surat, Queensland, Australia
• Aaltje Joekes Knijf (80), Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Ansems (61), Oosterhout
• Albertina Clementina Vergauwen (0), Hingene
• Albertus Pater (1), Scherpenzeel
• Antje Karens (0), Zoeterwoude
• Allard Gerrit EVERTS (81), Nijmegen,, Pays-Bas
• Allard Gerrit Everts (81), Nijmegen (Gld) NL
• Anna Geertruida von Rappard (77), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland

• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)
• 1897 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer († 1983)
• 1897 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian philosopher and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1899 » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1958)
• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach († 1975)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)
• 1905 » Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor († 1960)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)

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.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on April 17, 1899 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.