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• V Theodora Johanna Lieftink, Apeldoorn
• Abraham van EIKENHORST, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1937)
• Albert Jorna, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1960)
• Alvin Phillip Johnson († 1972)
• Albert Cornelisz van Veen, Urk († 1983)
• Albertus Adrianusz Kuijer, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Abraham van Eikenhorst, Barneveld († 1937)
• Aaltje Melchers, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Jannigje de reus, Oud Beijerland
• Albert van Veen, Urk († 1983)

• Aaltje Benjamins (20), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Groeneveld (21), Terschelling
• Annie O. Lambert (0)
• Anthonia (Teunisje) Neiman (56), Roelofarendsveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annichje van Raalte (24), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Heiltje van Dam (77), Linschoten
• Antoon Apers (5), Mechelen, Antwerpen, België
• Arie Haasdijk (0), Nieuw Helvoet
• Aalbertus Versteeg (70), Weesp
• Aaltje Benjamins (20), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1893 » Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence († 1969)
• 1895 » John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor († 1942)
• 1895 » Margarete Schön, German actress († 1985)
• 1896 » Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis († 1974)
• 1897 » Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot († 1918)
• 1897 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host († 1972)
• 1899 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1900 » Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor († 1975)
• 1900 » Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker († 1984)
• 1902 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer († 1941)

• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1922 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)

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.
• 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.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

The temperature on April 7, 1898 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.