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• adrianus tjapko de HEUS, strijen († 1960)
• Anna Christina Elizabeth Sturing, Haarlem, Nederland († 1977)
• Alida Sudmeijer, Amsterdam
• Herman Ham, Nieuw Amsterdam
• Tegeder, Hebel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1898)
• Anna Christina Elizabeth Sturing, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Reurink, Ambt Ommen († 1990)
• Alida Catharina Maria Drenth-, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)
• Aaltje Bijmolt, Kiel-Windeweer, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1926)
• 1898 Pieters, Haarlemmermeer († 1898)

• Catharina Aarts (0), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabetha Wijnen (0), Kerkrade
• Berend Eltjo Jans STUIT (0), Molenstreek, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Lazaron (75), Kampen
• Aukje Grijpstra (9), Kloosterburen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Andreas Buchstab (63), Oberkalbach
• Aale Willemsen (66), gem Ambt Almelo
• Aart Vedder (1), Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aukje grijpstra (9), gem kloosterburen
• Dirk Schaap (0), Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)
• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Petronella
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

The temperature on May 6, 1898 was about 10.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.