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• Anna Clara Verschaffelt, Haarlem († 1984)
• Adrean van Andel, Nieuwendijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Ahlers, Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1898)
• Aartje Versloot, Hardinxveld, Nederland
• Anna Clara Verschaffelt, Haarlem († 1984)
• Anna Cornelia Antonia Bouwens, Raamsdonk († 1898)
• (Stillborn) KOOPMANS, Baarderadeel Friesland Netherlands († 1898)
• Andre Alphonse Panneton, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Nn Wachtmeester, Dalen († 1898)
• anna petronella geurtjens, helden († 1905)

• Andries Wybenga (57), Witmarsum, Friesland, Nederland
• Ahlers (0), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriaan van Hoven (91), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Hoogendoorn (78), Lisse
• Arend Deuten (0), Hollandscheveld
• Allan Mcleod (62), Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland
• Antonius Johannes Maria Tonella- (0), Groningen, Nederland
• Annigje de Vries (1), Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold)
• Albert Weevers (0), Hengelo
• Antonetta van Lierop (68), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)
• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)
• 1901 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist († 1989)
• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)

• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)

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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The temperature on January 4, 1898 was about 4.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.