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• Andries Roelofs Dijkstra, Ee († 1961)
• Aaltjen de Ruiter, Apeldoorn († 1917)
• Wijnand, Oudeschoot, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1899)
• Agatha Oldenhof, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna Cornelia van Broekhoven, Steenbergen, N-Br, NL († 1971)
• Aaltje LEFFERTS, Havelte († 1899)
• Aaltjen de Ruiter, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria (1) Schotborgh, Willemstad, Curaçao, Nederlandse Antillen († 1900)
• Aafke (Effie) Terpsma, Wijnaldum (Barradeel), Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Zeijlmans, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)

• Abraham Goedegebuure (61), St. Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Muntjewerff (13), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Albertus Kloppenburg (76), Sappemeer
• Berend Meertens (83), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Lammersen (75), Heino
• Albert Klein (25), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Bellarminus Scheerlinck (67), Denderhoutem
• Wijnand (0), Oudeschoot, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Christiaan Tapper (48), Delft
• Basilius Xaverius Dekeyser (33)

• 1890 » Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer († 1966)
• 1891 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1892 » Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer and grandfather of Diana Spencer († 1975)
• 1896 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer († 1966)
• 1897 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer († 1937)
• 1898 » Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1898 » Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author († 1989)
• 1899 » Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian († 2015)
• 1900 » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist († 1954)
• 1900 » Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician († 1946)

• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

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.
• January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• 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 May 23, 1899 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.