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• Antje Turksma, Zevenhuizen († 1989)
• Adrianus van Putten, Maarssen († 1899)
• Alida Kardol, Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aart Dolman, Zuilen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1899)
• van Reeth, Boom
• Adriana Maria van Eekert, Besoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Lisman, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Mack, Lochem († 1948)
• Adrianus Van Alphen, Wijk en Aalburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Egbers, Radewijk († 1990)

• Arij Bot (70), Vlaardingen
• Aart De Hooge(de Hoog) (71)
• August de Vogel, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Augustin François Joseph DELOBELLE (86), Bours(62)... Hauts de France
• Cornelia Both (47), Haarlem
• Anna Wilhelmina Catharina Wulfers (70), Beverwijk
• Antje Wijtzes Veenstra (75), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anje Klooster (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Egbert Van Der Weide (58), Hollandscheveld
• Bernardus Johannes Busscher (50), Geesteren

• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)
• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)
• 1905 » Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer († 1989)
• 1906 » Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1931)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

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.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
• July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
• 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 7, 1899 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.