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• Aagtje Tillema, Chicago (Illinois, USA) († 1983)
• Deinum, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1899)
• Aaltje Hut, Zevenhuizen, Nederland († 1975)
• (Stillborn) Bredewoud (Bredewout,Bredewold,Bredewolt), Vorchten, Nederland († 1899)
• van Hasselt
• Albert Grootveld, Scheveningen († 1989)
• Abraham Tigchelaar, Harlingen († 1991)
• Albertus Joannes Daelmans, Bornem, Antwerpen, België († 1975)
• Adriana Johanna van Beek, Roosendaal en Nispen (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1944)
• Adriana van Breugel, De Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aagje Landsman (56), Broek op L'dijk
• Anna Catharina Nijholt (80), Almelo (Stad), Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonius van Meer (0), Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL
• Catharina Tijmens Schaap (68), Bolsward
• Anna Catharina Nijholt (80), Almelo
• Antonius Langenhuijsen (86), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Petronella Helena Janssonius (53), Groningen
• Aagje Bastiaandr Landsman (56), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Agatha Petronella Maria Knijnenburg (1), Wassenaar
• Antonius Langenhuijzen (86), Berlicum NBR

• 1889 » Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler († 1962)
• 1890 » Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician († 1967)
• 1891 » Tomás Garrido Canabal, Mexican revolutionary († 1943)
• 1893 » Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1958)
• 1893 » Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager († 1962)
• 1895 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science († 1937)
• 1899 » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1973)
• 1902 » Stevie Smith, English author and poet († 1971)
• 1906 » Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1906 » Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician († 1983)

• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)

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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
• February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• 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.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on September 20, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.