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• Antonia Cornelia Vermolen, Ginneken en Bavel, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Annigje Verkaik, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1965)
• Adriana Cornelia Houtepen, Goirle († 1898)
• Antonius Manders, Asten
• Arthur Carlin Crum, Mississippi, United States († 1966)
• Alvin Lehman Kaylor, Conewago Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States († 1995)
• August Van Eeghem, Aalter,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1958)
• Aart PESSELSE, Hei-en Boeicop
• Antonia Jacoba Bens, Sambeek († 1933)
• Alfred Sauve

• Aaltje Aalbers (42), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Broeders (6), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nieuwlaat (12), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Van De Zandschulp (10), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• ALIDA VAN DE ZANDSCHULP (10), Renswoude
• Anthonet Kouwenberg (70), Gilze en Rijen
• Megens, Nijmegen
• Aaltje VELZEL (79), Hoogeveen
• Abel Postema (69), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoinetta Johanna Silvester (74), Laren

• 1893 » Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories († 1946)
• 1893 » Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia († 1946)
• 1894 » Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor († 1975)
• 1895 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic († 1959)
• 1896 » David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author († 1981)
• 1899 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1899 » Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator († 1979)
• 1901 » Karl Künstler, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1903 » Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney (Morissette v. United States) († 1995)
• 1903 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)

• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)

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.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on January 12, 1898 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.