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• Antonia Lucia Ammerdorffer, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Adelheid Fischer, Hebelermeer († 1985)
• Adrianus Andreas Salden, Jabeek, Onderbanken († 1906)
• Aaltje Klomp, Ede, Nederland († 1904)
• Adriana Sulkers, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Adam de Ridder, Alphen ad Rijn
• Albert Booij, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Maria Pulles, Vlijmen († 1967)
• Antonia Lucia Ammersdorffer, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• 8. Johanna Jacoba de Krom, Lepelstraat NB (gem. Steenbergen) († 1978)

• Aart Torsius (78), Nijkerk
• Alida Adriana Kruijs (68), Hillegersberg
• Albertha Stollenga (21), Honnef a.d.Rijn, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Philippus Vermaat (73), Spijkenisse
• Anna Nienhuis (2), Appeldorn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aaltje Hooft 't ongehuwd (20), Numansdorp, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Smaak (0), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Pelt (0), Opmeer
• Anna Catharina Vastenavondt (60), Asse belgiquee
• Albertje Vos (71), Ten Post, Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1895 » Mike O'Dowd, American boxer († 1957)
• 1896 » Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator († 1931)
• 1897 » Hans Schuberth, German politician († 1976)
• 1899 » Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer († 1985)
• 1900 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler († 1928)
• 1900 » Spencer Tracy, American actor († 1967)
• 1901 » Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador († 1986)
• 1901 » Curt Bois, German actor († 1991)
• 1901 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor († 1981)

• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)

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.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• 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 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

The temperature on April 5, 1898 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.