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• Adriaan Dionysius Vanhamond, Lommel, België
• Ann (Anna) BOEREMA, Sullivan Twp († 1971)
• Anna Elisabeth Terheijden, Delft
• Albart Johan Roetert Steenbruggen, Diepenveen
• Coppens, Welle, Belgium († 1898)
• Adriaan SODAAR, Maarsseveen
• Andries Cornelis Joele, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1969)
• Alma Therese Zeidler, Albion Township († 1985)
• Adriana BORREN, Puttershoek
• Aleida Cornelia de Jonge, Rotterdam († 1958)

• Aarnoud Anthonie Stoppels (83), Bierum
• Aaltje Wildeboer (75), Meppel
• Coppens (0), Welle, Belgium
• Caroline Wadow (65), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, V.S
• Berendina Johanna Sessink (42), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bouwina Rentjes Vos (86), Saaxumhuizen
• Aaltjen RATELBAND (81), Hummelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Hendriks van der Veen (41), Rijperkerk
• Carolina Frederica Jonxis (71), Driebergen
• Antonietta di Borbone (83), Orth, Gmunden, Gmunden, Oberösterreich, Oostenrijk

• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)
• 1893 » Fay Bainter, American actress († 1968)
• 1893 » Hermann Balck, German general († 1982)
• 1894 » Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1900 » Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist († 1961)
• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

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 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• 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.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• 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 December 7, 1898 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.