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• Adriaan Knappert, Menado
• Alfons De Waegeneer, Aalst († 1898)
• Anna Brenner, Salem, Allegan, Michigan († 1988)
• Aart van Hattem, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1933)
• Aart van Hattem, Doornspijk, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)
• Adrianus Anthonius Velzeboer, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ad√®le Guillemine Mechtilde Mestrum
• Adriaantje Sophie Lisette Wiesing, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Knappert, Menado (NI) († 1932)
• Albert Kuipers, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

• Alphonsus Judocus van Geersdaele (1)
• Anna Noteboom (76), Deventer
• Aaltje van Gerrevink (22), Brummen
• Adrianus Rommels (0), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Antje Hessels Keegstra (71), Polkton, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Ann Wismer Kolb (71)
• Albertje Alberts Juistema (81), Roodeschool, Nederland
• Anthonie Jacobsz. Quispel (84), Zuidland
• Anthony Jacobsz Quispel (84), Zuidland
• Antonie Bosch (62), Magele (Den Ham)

• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)
• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)
• 1905 » Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer († 1989)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
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. 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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on May 7, 1898 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.