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• Alida RHEMREV, Tegal (Java) († 1975)
• Alida HUISMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Alberdiena Ettiena Kiewiet, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Boere, Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Jacobus Gerardus Berben, Overpelt
• Allegonda Maria Friskes, Rotterdam
• Alberdina Ettiena Kiewiet, Winschoten (gem. Oldambt) († 1981)
• Alberdiena Ettiena Kiewiet, Winschoten, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Heuving, Emmer-Compascuüm Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 1980)
• Albert Buiten, Weide

• Aart Jan Kluin (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham William Lehmann
• Abraham van Veenendaal (34), Utrecht
• Anna van de Luitgaarden (63), Rucphen
• Anna Maria van Gool (50), Goirle
• Allagonda van der Waarden (74), Waalre
• Aaltje Petronella Vermeer (0), Nijmegen
• Born (0), Den Haag
• Anna den Hartog, Wijk bij Duurstede,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Jan Kluin (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1889 » Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor († 1968)
• 1891 » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)
• 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)
• 1901 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1902 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)
• 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)

• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)

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 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.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 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.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on August 8, 1899 was about 17.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.