About the day » Saturday August 5, 1899Calender converter

• Amanda E Buhr, Dayton Township, Bremer, Iowa († 1994)
• Adrianus Knijff, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Aaltje Aalbers, Zutphen († 1941)
• Aldegonda Koppers, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana MERTENS, Loenhout,, Antwerpen, België († 1972)
• Aimé PROVOOST, Oostduinkerke, 38018, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1976)
• Adrianus Cornelis Muskens, Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Maria Schouten, Arnhem
• Agnes Maria Hubertina Ariaans, Roermond († 1965)
• Adriana SNIJDERS, Heinenoord

• Adrianus Wilhelmus Schoovers (53), Rotterdam
• Albertje Rietman (60), Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Gouswaart (0), Sommelsdijk, gemeente Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Schade (44), Kampen,Gemeente Kampen,Overijssel,Nederland
• van Dijk (0), Finkum
• Aartje Bax (0), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Aart Willem Knops (70), Dirksland
• Adrian Wilhelmus Schoovers (53), Rotterdam
• Antje Akkerman (1), Steenwijk
• Anna Petronella Maria van der Knaap (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1890 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director († 1956)
• 1890 » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor († 1977)
• 1897 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)
• 1900 » Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator († 1988)
• 1901 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician († 2000)
• 1904 » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist († 1997)
• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)

• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)

• 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.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
• 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 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
• 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 5, 1899 was about 20.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.