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• Aaltje Winter, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Martijn, Oost-en West-Souburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Albertus Hendrikus Kotterink, Usselo (Lonneker) († 1900)
• Adrianus van den Hooven, Drunen († 1975)
• Albertine Marie Jeanne van Marselis Hartsinck, Bussum,Gemeente Bussum,North Holland,Netherlands († 1977)
• Alfred Morton Ruselink, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin († 1970)
• Balduk, Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Achille Joseph Noterman, Edelare, Oudenaarde, EASTFLANDERS, Belgium († 1899)
• Andreas Savelberg, Schin op Geul,, Limburg, Nederland († 1964)
• Albert de Groot, Exloermond, Odoorn

• Bertha Emelia Mommen (1), Zepperen, België
• Arij Molenaar (1), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Quispel (68), Rozenburg, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia (Johannes Antonie Voorting) (Ouders:Willem Bartels, Elisabeth Bartels (born Ter Mets)) Bartels (72), Haarlem
• Adriana Lammens (71), Hengelo
• Cornelia Berkel (1), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Jongsma (64), Utingaradeel
• Cornelia Jansen (80), Brummen
• Berendina Greutink (55), Gorssel
• Hendriks (0), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1897 » Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist († 1948)
• 1897 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1959)
• 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
• 1899 » Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1899 » Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer († 1943)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)

• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)

• 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 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 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 May 14, 1899 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.