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• Anton Christiaan Flentge, Doorn († 1983)
• Ann Dirksen († 1981)
• Anna Hendrina Elisabeth Nas, Afferden († 1900)
• Alphonse Cyrille Nuyttens, Heule (W-VL) België († 1977)
• Albert ter Weele, Enschede († 1937)
• Adriana van Mierlo, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van mierlo, Dussen
• Adriana van der Linden, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Aaldert Noordhuis, Hijken, Drenthe, Nederland († 1901)
• Abraham Hokke, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)

• Anna Elisabetha Peeters‏ (74), Oosterlo, België
• Anna Barbara Dennler (74), Highland, Grundy, Illinois, United States
• Aaron Fleishhacker (78), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Franken, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Noorlander (1), Bergambacht, Gemeente Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bezemer (82), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Duim (68), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Anna Of Johanna BEZEMER (82), Zwijndrecht,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND
• Amandus Ludovicus Desiderius Adrianus SEGERS (47), Lauwe,8930,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria van der Hulst (0), Bloemendaal, NHO, Nederland

• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress († 2003)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)

• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• 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 February 19, 1898 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.