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• ALPHONSE JOSEPH WALTHERY, ANGLEUR
• Andre Eduard WARIE, Gent († 1904)
• Aaltje de Jong, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Cornelisd van Luijk, Rotterdam, zh.nld († 1901)
• Anna Catharina van der Hout, den haag
• Swaelen, Dessel (België)
• Aleida Maria Hoedt, Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Aaltje de Jong, Ee († 1984)
• van Iterson, Leiden († 1975)
• Alida Majenburg, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1901)

• Aaltje Kort (77), Zuidwolde (gem. Bedum)
• Heickmann (0)
• Anna Maria Wezendonk (0), Pannerden
• alexandrine ROUNEAU (71), Wasmes (Belgium)
• Anna Maria Aarts (23), Beek, gemeente Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Kos (75), Schermerhorn, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Dorland (75), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antoon Flos (2), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Kort (77), Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Toutenburg (76), Harlingen

• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)

• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)

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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

The temperature on July 17, 1899 was about 18.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.