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• Andries Pieters Zwart, Oosternijkerk († 1971)
• Albert Richard Callahan Ovenell, Washington, United States of America († 1984)
• Adriana Alblas, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaldert Edelenbos(ch), Enkhuizen († 1931)
• Kimble, Willow Fork, Tyler, West Virginia († 1898)
• Albertus Antonius Mulder, Klarenbeek, Voorst († 1983)
• Albert Zomer, De Slood (gem. Hoogeveen)
• .. Braaf
• Albert Zomer, Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1964)
• Ailke Kruizinga, Oostwold

• Antonia Meijer (79), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Kimble (0), Willow Fork, Tyler, West Virginia
• Antonetta van der Donk (66), Schijndel, Netherlands
• Anonymus van de Walle (0), Hulst
• Adolphe Joseph Sailly (54), Vieil-Hesdin, Pas de Calais (F)
• Adriana Heeren (74), Duizel en Steensel
• Anna Mina Christiani (53), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Annechien van Zanten (75), Delfzijl
• Anonymus van de Walle (0), Hulst
• Alfonsus Gerardus Barten (0), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1892 » Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor († 1962)
• 1893 » Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower († 1944)
• 1897 » Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer († 2001)
• 1897 » Per-Erik Hedlund, Swedish skier († 1975)
• 1898 » Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman († 1981)
• 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)
• 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
• 1901 » László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright († 1975)
• 1902 » Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1981)
• 1902 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author († 1972)

• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)

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.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

The temperature on April 18, 1898 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.