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• Aart Nugteren, Ridderkerk (Ridderkerk) (Zuid Holland)
• Adriana de Vries, Franeker
• Adrianus HOFLAND, Tienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Tushuizen, Harfsen
• Aaltje van Ommen, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1979)
• Adriaan Stoltenkamp, Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1907)
• Adrianus Bax, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Aagje Cornelia van der Hoeven, Monster, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriana Gravendeel, Puttershoek, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Aagje Cornelia van der Hoeven, Monster

• Aagje van Splunder (57), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Huibrecht Koolwijk (0), Rotterdam
• Arie Huibregt Koolwijk (0), Rotterdam
• Anje Arkema (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltien Bos (57), Drouwen, Borger
• Albert LUNENBORG (70), Hoogeveen
• Abigail Houmes (75), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anthonius Hubertus Van Schie (0), Haarlemmerliede
• Arie van Noord (60), Den Haag, Nederland
• Aart van Veldhuizen (46), Katwoude

• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author († 1981)
• 1906 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1906 » Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician († 1995)
• 1907 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist († 1978)
• 1907 » Leonor Fini, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and author († 1996)

• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)

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.
• January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
• May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on August 30, 1899 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.