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• Adriana Maria Wirken, Gilze en Rijen († 1954)
• Albertus Huisman, Hellendoorn
• Aaltje Simon, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Antonius Vermeij, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1970)
• Adrianus Johannes Klijbroek, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Joseph van Rooij, Vught († 1956)
• Alberdina Fredrika Maatman, Eefde († 1900)
• Andries van den Broek († 1961)
• Adrianus Petrus van Rooij, Vught († 1956)
• Adriaantje Brouwer, Meerkerk

• Anna Maria van leuven (36), Arendonk (BEL)
• Ann Forbes WALKER (72)
• Aron Jacob Aron Polak (83), .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• ? Jansen (0), Oosterhout
• Antje Hut (0), Oostwold (gem. Oldambt)
• Carolus De Bock (41), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Auke Numan (0), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Harms Stevens (69), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arendina Hillegonda Withaar (70), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agenieta van Ewijk (63), Maurik

• 1893 » Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator († 1958)
• 1893 » Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician († 1972)
• 1897 » Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher († 2001)
• 1898 » Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator († 1986)
• 1900 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot († 1944)
• 1901 » Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor († 1967)
• 1903 » Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar († 1942)
• 1904 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician († 1956)
• 1906 » Heinz Harmel, German general († 2000)
• 1906 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general († 1945)

• 1873 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1875 » Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
• 1895 » Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)
• 1919 » José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (b. 1864)
• 1931 » Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (b. 1850)
• 1933 » Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1936 » János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (b. 1872)

• 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

The temperature on June 29, 1899 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.