About the day » Monday May 30, 1898Calender converter

• Aagje Bontenbal
• Adam Johannes Ritman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Kaasjager, Tuil
• van den Brand, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Mertens, Weelde (België) († 1997)
• Adriana Johanna Janse, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Postma, Lemsterland
• Albertje Postma, Oosterzee, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Heijstek, Werkendam († 1898)
• Aagje Slingerland, Zevenhoven († 1989)

• Annigje Hendriks de Boer (52), Schutsloot, Wanneperveen, Nederland
• Adriana Oosterman (0), Rockanje
• Albert van den Brink (73), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus PALLADA (20), Wijchen,Gemeente Wijchen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Abraham Carel Kokelaar (69), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barend Louis Post van GRIETHUYSEN (0), Tandjong Pinang (Riouw, Bintan, IDN)
• Aukje de Vries (82), Sneek
• Adrianus, Theodorus Pallada (20), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon van Dodewaard (79), Ben. Leeuwen
• Augusta Magruder (63), Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States

• 1894 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1965)
• 1895 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer († 1956)
• 1896 » Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1897 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia († 1986)
• 1898 » John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator († 1985)
• 1899 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer († 1936)
• 1901 » Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer († 1969)
• 1901 » Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author († 1979)
• 1902 » Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer († 1985)
• 1903 » Countee Cullen, American poet and author († 1946)

• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)

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.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• 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.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

The temperature on May 30, 1898 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.