About the day » Friday August 11, 1899Calender converter

• Alida Koning, Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands († 1975)
• Alpha Hamrick Morrison [Bu], North Carolina († 1984)
• Adrianus Johannes Bakx, Vlissingen
• Adriana Johanna Voorsluijs, Bodegraven
• Abraham Salomons, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alida Los, Alkmaar
• Alfred William Rosenwinkel († 1983)
• Alida Been, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Alida Koning, Sappemeer († 1975)
• Alida Geert KLAVER, Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands († 1985)

• Adeline NONCLERCQ (81), Escautpont... Hauts de France
• Adriana Maria Verhoeven (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Brouwer (70), Amersfoort
• Anna Petronella van der Voort (0), Stompwijk
• Bernhard Karel Maria Caron, Stratum
• Albert Beijering (51), Klijndijk (Odoorn)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Emma BROEKHUIZEN (VAN BROECKHUIJSEN) (53), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• ARIE DEN HERTOG (84), NIEUWER-AMSTEL
• Anna Josina van den Abeele (65), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Pullen (0), Veghel

• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)
• 1898 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1968)
• 1900 » Charley Paddock, American sprinter († 1943)
• 1900 » Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar († 1994)
• 1902 » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist († 1986)
• 1902 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor († 1985)
• 1905 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat († 1998)
• 1905 » Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic († 2002)

• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)

• 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• 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.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• 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 August 11, 1899 was about 16.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.