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• Adrianus Joannes Cyrilhus Marie Perquin, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Anna Maria Brouwers, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Anna Petronella Sliep, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Spoormakers, Blerick,, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• Agnes Linskens, - 09.1.1.2.4.2.2.4.12.1.1.1.4.4., Wisconsin, United States († 1979)
• Aleida Josephina Hoogeweij, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Rutjens
• Anna Maria Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 1957)
• Anna Maria Josepha Fijten († 1982)
• Abraham (Bram) Slort, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1977)

• Benvenida Cohen de Solla (65), Amsterdam
• Adriana Nieuwenhuize (73), Ierseke
• August Margaretha Rümke (31), Rotterdam
• Albert Humphrey (58), Fresno, California
• Agnes Reine Marie Julie du MONCEAU de BERGENDAEL (47), Schaerbeek, Brussels Capital Region, Belgie
• Antonetta van Berlo (54), Boekel (Noord-Brabant)
• Cateno NICOLETTI (4), VILLAROSA, Enna, Sicilia, Italia
• Anna Catharina Vonke (80), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Zeverboom (43), Gouda
• Aplona Filee (68), Sint-Maartensdijk

• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1894 » Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1967)
• 1895 » Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic († 1970)
• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly († 1979)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)
• 1901 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor († 1989)

• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)

• 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 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.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• 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.

The temperature on April 29, 1899 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.