About the day » Sunday July 16, 1899Calender converter

• Aartje Slob, Nieuwpoort († 1962)
• Aart Stolk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Albert Scheenstra, Weststellingwerf, Wolvega
• Aafke Jans Roedema, wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Meesterga, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Marie Berens, Turner County, South Dakota
• Alida Elisabetha Visser, Dordrecht († 1899)
• Anna Cornelia Ligtenberg, Steenbergen
• Albert van de Hoef, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Roedema, Zurich, gem. Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• de Ruijter (0), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Ball Simons (76)
• Adrianus van Well (57), Dubbeldam
• Anna Oost (1), Lutjegast
• Andreas Simons Jorritsma (0), Bolsward
• Anne Oost (1), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Roelofs (0), Vlaardingen
• Antonius Cornelis Goetgeluk (0), Rotterdam
• Anthonia Gijsbertha Anna Maria Weck (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Wel (57), Dubbeldam, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)
• 1896 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations († 1968)
• 1902 » Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician († 1977)
• 1902 » Mary Philbin, American actress († 1993)
• 1903 » Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1971)
• 1903 » Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge († 1968)
• 1903 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German mathematician and engineer († 1974)
• 1904 » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1906 » Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)

• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 July 16, 1899 was about 18.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.