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• Anna Cornelia van Broekhoven, Steenbergen († 1968)
• Anna Silvia Henriette Johanna de Vleeschouwer, Amsterdam († 1940)
• Annetje Dedert, Oostvoorne († 1899)
• Abel FRANÇEUS, Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Andries Korthuis, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Amèlie Blindenbergh Baudry, Anderlecht, 1070, Brabant, België
• Adriana Alblas, Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Lukina Klaziena Vos, Ommen
• Albertus Antonius Derks, Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• Aagtje Glas, Broek op Langendijk († 1931)

• Antonia Kersten (72), Groesbeek
• Antonia Kersten (72), Nijmegen, NL
• Abraham Terpstra (0), Rotterdam
• Bernard Themans (67), Enschede
• Anthonia (Antje) Karsenberg (56)
• Arend Aggele van (45), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Robijn (82), Dirksland
• Ariaantje Robijn (82), Dirksland
• Catharina Gertrudis Gorren (40), Sint Pieter
• Catharina Dobbelstein (0), Würselen, Kreis Aachen (D)

• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)
• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)
• 1897 » Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author († 1975)
• 1900 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)

• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)

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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

The temperature on May 22, 1899 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.