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• Anna Maria Keuch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Aartje Karssen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Albert Alexander Emo, Yvetot (F)
• Adriana Dromers, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Schalkwijk († 1899)
• Adélaïde Palmyre PALATE, Éghezée, 5310, Namur, Belgique († 1966)
• Anthonia Hendrika Smit, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Rabe-Caspar-Heinrich" Aschwin Maria Laurentius Joseph Ludwig von Oeynhausen († 1980)
• Anna Catharina Klaver, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna de Bruin, Harlingen († 1965)

• Agatha (Aagje) Stam (69), Harenkarspel, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Rijkers (83), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adelbertus Johannes de Groot (79), Egmond aan de Hoef (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Agatha Catharina Rijkers (83), Den Helder
• Arie Maarleveld (25)
• Adriana Johanna Proos (35), Goes, Nederland
• Bastiaan Luijendijk (27), Oud-Beijerland, South Holland, Netherlands
• Berthe Marie Vancraeynest (6), Oostende
• Anna Hollestelle (70), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Momber (76), Weesp

• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)
• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)

• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)

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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

The temperature on June 8, 1899 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.