About the day » Tuesday April 18, 1899Calender converter

• Cornelis Dronkers, Kattendijke († 1969)
• Adriana Hendrika Cornelia Lelieveld, Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Middelkoop, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Albertus Hekkelman, Wichmond
• Gerritsen, Renkum († 1899)
• Agnes Maria Antonia Vollaerts, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rechtstein, Haarlem
• Adrianus OUDEJANS, Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Aaltje Bast, Elspeet († 1976)
• Aaltje Bast, Ermelo

• Adelina Willekens (42), Geraardsbergen
• Alexander McIntosh (63)
• Middelkoop (0), Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• CASPER MEIJER (80), GORINCHEM
• Anthonius Conijn (73), Alkmaar
• Anthonius Conijn (73), Alkmaar
• Aleida van den Tweel (61), Nijkerk
• Carl Christian Maehl (82), Bracken, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Casper Meijer (80), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertus te Vrugt (70), Winterswijk

• 1893 » Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower († 1944)
• 1897 » Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer († 2001)
• 1897 » Per-Erik Hedlund, Swedish skier († 1975)
• 1898 » Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman († 1981)
• 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)
• 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
• 1901 » László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright († 1975)
• 1902 » Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1981)
• 1902 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author († 1972)
• 1904 » Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer († 1981)

• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)

• 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.

The temperature on April 18, 1899 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.