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• Aartje Bruinink, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriaan Joseph Antoon Uitewaal, Utrecht
• Agatha Rika Dudink, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriaan Joseph Antoon UITEWAAL, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Kempen, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1964)
• Adena Hardin, Auglaize Co.Ohio († 1976)
• Aaltje Groenwold, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1899)
• Aart van Kapel, Zuidland († 1987)
• Agatha Alphonsa Maria Duijn, Wijk a/Zee en Duin († 1899)
• Adriaantje Zijlstra, Helpman

• Camillius Debruyne (0), Klerken
• Christiaan Frederik KNEGT (78), Rotterdam
• Isabella Rosalia de Labeij (79), Breda
• Aaltje Jorts Kooijman (33), Vlieland-Oost
• Catharina van IJsselstein (68), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Elisabeth Feenstra (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina Wansink (82), Brummen
• Adrianus Helmons (77), Wouw
• Annelsa Margaretha Wilhelmina Wansink (78), Hoogeveen nederland
• Albert Lourens Cornelis Palies (54), Amsterdam

• 1895 » John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor († 1942)
• 1895 » Margarete Schön, German actress († 1985)
• 1896 » Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis († 1974)
• 1897 » Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot († 1918)
• 1897 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host († 1972)
• 1899 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1900 » Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor († 1975)
• 1900 » Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker († 1984)
• 1902 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer († 1941)
• 1903 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1965)

• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1922 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)

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.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
• December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

The temperature on April 7, 1899 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.