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• Anna Catharina Meulenaar, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1899)
• Andreas Anthonius Arkestein, Hof van Delft († 1899)
• Adolf Alouisius Rijkers, Avereest († 1899)
• Alfred Gustav Hubert Maria von Reumont, Erkelenz,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Alida Blankman, Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana Apolonia Immers, Hof van Delft († 1951)
• Albertus van den Berg, Noordwijk
• Adriana Maria Taks, Oud en Nieuw-Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Helena Borst, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriaan VERBURG, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1920)

• Antje Oebles Sannes (81), Wirdum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukje Pieters Feenstra (49), Hichtum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Black (73), Oklahoma, United States
• Alletta van der Beek (51), Almkerk
• Anna Cornelia Dierckx (40), Oorderen
• Giezen (0), Vlagtwedde
• Albert Jongman (3), Vollenhove, Stad
• Albert Jongman (3), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Vinkestein, Leiden
• Bartholomeus van den Boogaard (72), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1889 » George Hutson, English runner and soldier († 1914)
• 1892 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer († 1929)
• 1898 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1899 » Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director († 1963)
• 1900 » Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1901 » Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1903 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic († 1982)
• 1905 » Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1905 » Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and race car driver († 1955)

• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)

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.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• 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.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on December 22, 1898 was about -1.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.