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• Albert Vennink, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Bijl, Oldelamer, Friesland, Nederland († 1955)
• Alida Jacoba van der Mark, Schiedam († 1900)
• Alewijn Verboon, Vlaardingen
• Alida van Zuijlen, Rijnsburg
• Adriaan BRONNER († 1970)
• andries de JONG, westmaas († 1959)
• Anna Adriana Hesemans, Eindhoven
• Anna Barbara Maria Vergnes, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Alida Gerrits van Zuijlen, Rijnsburg

• Alida Aletta Schalij (29), Polsbroek, Lopik, Nederland
• Anna Wouterina Nieuwenhuizen (0), Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Aanen (47), Ottoland
• Anna Maria van den Hooven (0), Cromvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Zegers (56), Wuustwezel, 2990, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aukje Engbrenghof (57), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• anna pieternella BRUSSAARD (0), oud-beijerland
• ANTONETTA ELISE PETRONELLA OVERDUIN (73), LEXMOND
• Anna Maria van Daal (7), Beers
• Anna Pieternella Brussaard (0), Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands

• 1893 » Fritz Gause, German historian and curator († 1973)
• 1898 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer († 1975)
• 1899 » Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1994)
• 1900 » Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom († 2002)
• 1901 » Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer († 1972)
• 1901 » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer († 1971)
• 1902 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1904 » Helen Kane, American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1904 » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager († 1973)
• 1904 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright († 1969)

• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)

• 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 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• 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 4, 1899 was about 19.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.