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• Abraham Johannes de Langen, Leiden († 1948)
• Alfons Van Reeth, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aartje Weener, Olive (Michigan), U.S.A († 1898)
• Aartje Weener, Olive Center (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1898)
• Aagje Schaap, Woudrichem
• Aaltje van Someren, Nijkerk († 1936)
• Adriaan Koorn, De Westen (Texel) († 1938)
• Aaltje van Someren, Nijkerk († 1936)
• Aleida Maria van Kempen, Nijmegen († 1899)
• Andries Groen, Abcoude-Baambrugge († 1898)

• Arend Witvliet (3), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Brand (66), Helmond, Nederland
• Anna Agatha Windhouwer (48), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Visser (16), Amsterdam (Binnengasthuis)
• Jan Wachtmeester (45), Hollandscheveld
• Aaltje Romkes (33), Urk
• Berend Menninga (18), Oostwold (Midwolda)
• Aukje Jans Tinga (0), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Zweerink (82), Westendorp gem. Oude IJsselstreek Gld. NL
• Bernardus Johannes Nijenhuis (0), Raalte

• 1887 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist († 1951)
• 1888 » Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist († 1993)
• 1894 » Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic politician, 2nd President of Iceland († 1972)
• 1895 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author († 1964)
• 1901 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher († 1975)
• 1904 » Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist († 1984)
• 1905 » Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India († 1977)
• 1907 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright († 1989)
• 1908 » Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator († 1996)
• 1909 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor († 1992)

• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• 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.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

The temperature on May 13, 1898 was about 5.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.