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• Aleida Maria Schulten, Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan van DALEN, Papendrecht
• Adriana Leenders, Knegsel, Eersel († 1983)
• Abraham van de Wege, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1985)
• Albert van der Berg († 1902)
• Alida Cornelia Joon, Velsen († 1988)
• Abraham Leenhouts, Breskens, Zeeland, NL († 1918)
• Adrianus Antonius Oomen, Rotterdam
• Abraham van de Wege, Axel († 1985)
• Adrianus Antonius Trouwborst, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)

• Adriaan Maas (58), Soerendonk
• Alijda Hermina Meijer (74)
• Anthoon Stoppels (23), Spijk
• Abraham Klaasen (69), Kloosterveen (Smilde)
• Anna Margrethe Jensen (64), Kbenhavn, Danmark
• Paulus Wilhelmus Baars (73), Schoonhoven
• Anna Theodora Janssen (4), Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• (58), On board ship S.S. Koningin Wilhelmina
• Adrianus Maas (58), Soerendonk, Nederland
• Anna Paulina Van den Bergh (75)

• 1893 » Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan († 1985)
• 1894 » Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic († 1979)
• 1894 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master († 1974)
• 1895 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach († 1948)
• 1895 » María Teresa Vera, Cuban singer, guitarist and composer († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician († 1953)
• 1898 » Harry Haywood, American soldier and politician († 1985)
• 1899 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director († 1968)
• 1901 » Ben Lyon, American actor († 1979)
• 1902 » George Brunies, American trombonist († 1974)

• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)

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 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on February 6, 1898 was about 1.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.