About the day » Saturday April 22, 1899Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Cox, Duizel en Steensel
• Adriana Cunera Gevers, Heeswijk († 1899)
• Adriana Hakkesteegt, Groot Ammers († 1964)
• alice, laure, marie Hebrant, jandrain jandrenouille († 1961)
• Anna Duren, Poerworedjo (Bagelen) Ned. Indie
• Aaltje Siegers, Avereest
• Weulink, Raalte († 1899)
• (Stillborn) van der Heijden (van der Heiden), Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland († 1899)
• Aaltje JAGER, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Gerdina Groot Jebbink, Vorden († 1981)

• Anthonie de Vos (71), Wemeldinge
• Adriana Stokman (49), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, gem. Haarlemmermeer, NH, Nederland
• Arie BRINKMAN (58), Heerewaarden (Gld.)
• Arie Blonk (6), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Anna Margaretha Lammers (5), Frackel
• Anna Maria Hermans (78), Grevenbicht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Albert Plasbeek (23), Vorden
• Anna Jeanette Slijboom (26), Den Helder
• (Stillborn) van der Heijden (van der Heiden) (0), Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland
• Arie van der Vliet (75), Rotterdam

• 1891 » Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer († 1989)
• 1891 » Laura Gilpin, American photographer († 1979)
• 1891 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer († 1965)
• 1892 » Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist († 1965)
• 1899 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic († 1977)
• 1900 » Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1966–67 († 1988)
• 1904 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1967)
• 1905 » Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat († 1991)
• 1906 » Eric Fenby, English composer and educator († 1997)
• 1906 » Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten († 1947)

• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)

• 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 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• 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.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

The temperature on April 22, 1899 was about 7.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.