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• Aagje Baas, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Adolphe Ferdinand Simon LEPPENS, Balen,2490,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1977)
• Aleida Geertruida Vijge, Apeldoorn
• Albert Algera, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1955)
• Allegonda Catharina van Hoeij, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Groot, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Vijge, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Waggelmans, Sint-Oedenrode
• Aagje Baas, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Elisabeth Catharina IJisberg, Amsterdam († 1958)

• Bruno De Gruijtere (53), Brugge West-Vlaanderen België
• Cornelia Bijnachte (60), Poortvliet gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Adolf Bremer (73), Meppel
• Cornelis van Veen (75), Gorinchem, Nederland
• Aron Stodel (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arijda De Jong (58), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Willemsen (74), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Katie Schotthofer (39), Reynolds, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
• Arijda | Arida de Jong (58), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Christiane Caroline Pflüger (Leuger) (71), Kassel, Duitsland

• 1893 » Dick Rauch, American football player and coach († 1970)
• 1893 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1969)
• 1894 » Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer († 1989)
• 1899 » Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1971)
• 1902 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission († 1983)
• 1903 » K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1904 » Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author († 2007)
• 1905 » Anita Farra, Italian actress († 2008)
• 1905 » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter († 1974)

• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)

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.
• January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on July 15, 1899 was about 19.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.