About the day » Tuesday August 1, 1899Calender converter

• Albert B Stange, Illinois († 1901)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Baaten, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1899)
• Alfons Eulodia Bracke, Boom, Noeveren, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1979)
• Age Mobach, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Alida van KLAVEREN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Bijleveld, Bakkeveen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1901)
• Albertha Adriana Hoveling, IJsselstein
• Gorel, Almelo († 1899)
• Alexander Hendrik de la Combé, Poerworedjo († 1958)
• Alberdina Van den Nouwland, Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Mechtild Knols (64), Schimmert, Limburg, Nederland
• Berendina Leusveld (74), Bathmen
• Constantinus de Bouver (74), Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States
• Ariaantje van der Maarl (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Kok (1), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ketelaers (81), Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Bate Gerrit Peereboom (0), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus Evers (32), Toldijk (Bronckhorst)
• Adriana de Mol (47), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles E. EVANS (51)

• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)
• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)
• 1901 » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer († 1925)
• 1903 » Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic († 1993)
• 1907 » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)

• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)

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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• 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.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.

The temperature on August 1, 1899 was about 20.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.