About the day » Sunday July 23, 1899Calender converter

• Goossens, Brussel († 1974)
• Alida Henriette Scholten, Almelo
• Aleida,Theodora Knijff, Nijmegen ( Gelderland ) († 1899)
• Alberdina Van Den BERG, Amsterdam († 1971)
• Aleida Theodora Knijff, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1899)
• Alice Anna Emma Maria DALLE, Sint-Kruis, 31029, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Andries Steenvoorden, Noordwijk
• Albertus Jacobus Haarman, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1899)
• Albertus Gerhardus Bien, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1900)
• Aart van Wageningen, Waddinxveen († 1901)

• Anthonius Lambert (77), Boschkapelle
• August Friedrich Gustav Schwartz (24), Stutterheim, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Adriana de Groot (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Willems Bouma (92), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Tjitske Jans Blauw (0), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Kleijn (91), Groot-Ammers
• Aartje Verbeek (0), Hulshorst, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje Hartog (3), Baarn
• Annechien Bijholt- (58), Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland
• BOSMAN (0), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1898 » Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer († 1941)
• 1898 » Daniel Cosío Villegas, Mexican historian, economist († 1976)
• 1898 » Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler († 1970)
• 1898 » Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author († 1977)
• 1898 » Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1987)
• 1899 » Gustav Heinemann, German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany († 1976)
• 1900 » Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer († 1957)
• 1900 » John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant († 2010)
• 1900 » Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist († 1993)
• 1901 » Hank Worden, American actor and singer († 1992)

• 1875 » Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
• 1878 » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
• 1924 » Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)

• 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 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• 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.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
• 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 23, 1899 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.