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• Adrianus van Gool, Princenhage,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• van der Laan, Wormerveer († 1987)
• Albertus van BREUGEL, Woensel (Noord Brabant) (NL)
• Oldegbers, Giethmen, gemeente Ommen († 1899)
• Aletta Bernardina Versloot, Utrecht, Nederland († 1971)
• Aagje Visser, Sneek, Friesland, The Netherlands († 1954)
• Alida Cozijnsen, Scherpenzeel
• Adriana Heijth, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1991)
• Allegonda van ZETTEN, Tiel
• Adriana van Leeuwen, Zwammerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltje van Drongelen (87), Axel
• Aloysius Van Aerschot (65), Melsele
• Anna Maria van Beurden (82), Tilburg
• Antonie Johannes van Oosterwijk (0), Gorinchem
• Abraham Polak (55), Amsterdam
• Arie Bot (73), Brandwijk
• Arie in't Veld (0), Heinenoord
• Aalltje van Drongelen (87), Axel, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Bot (77), branderburgerland (duitsland)
• Aaltje Wever (0), Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)
• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)
• 1895 » Blossom Rock, American actress († 1978)
• 1897 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer († 1966)
• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)

• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
• May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
• July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
• November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on August 21, 1899 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.