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• Adrianus JONGENELEN, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus, Johannes van Donge, 's-Gravenhage († 1955)
• Anna Elizabeth van Eijk, ALMKERK (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Allegonda Arts, Escharen, Grave († 1971)
• Aaltje Bremer, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Peelo)
• Adrianus Johannes, Janus van Donge, 's-Gravenhage († 1955)
• Anna Nannes, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Albert Dammer, Woldendorp (Termunten) († 1980)
• Adriana Heemskerk, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1899)
• Adriana Geelhoed, Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland († 1976)

• Aaltje Masson (79), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Carolina Berghaeuser (74), Leeuwarden
• Aart Stravers (2), Hagestein
• Anna Maria van Rijn (0), Lith, Nederland
• Antonetta Kees (22), Valkenswaard
• Apolonia Maria van Gent (45), Rotterdam
• Agnes Mallmann (71), Hirzenach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Tappel (0), Barger-Oosterveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arthur Augustus De Walsche (40), Gent, 9000, Oost Vlaanderen
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Gabriëls (58), Roermond

• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)
• 1895 » Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications († 1979)
• 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
• 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
• 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 1968)
• 1902 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor († 2004)
• 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
• 1905 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)

• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)

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.
• February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on May 24, 1899 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.