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• Anna Helena Pirovano, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Alijda Antonia Boerstoel, Oudshoorn († 1949)
• Adrianus Johannes van Winssen, Druten,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1976)
• Adrianus Johannes van Winssen, Druten († 1976)
• lambert hoekstra, tjietjerksteradeel († 1972)
• Albert Baron van Heeckeren, Lochem
• Adriaan Nicolaas Schimmer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Antje Slim, Vrouwenparochie
• Abraham Kranenburg, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Marinus van Teeffelen, Lobith, Gelderland, Nederland

• Barteld Lageweg (39), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Gomes (55), Amsterdam
• Antoon Teeuwen (69), Maasbree
• Aagje Jacobs Hollenberg (75), Zandvoort
• Alida van der Weijden (84), Leiden
• aaltjen timmerman (62), urk
• Albertus Telleman (51), Beverwijk
• Antonia Christina Kuijstermans (1), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adriaantje MIJS (75), hendrik ido ambcht
• Alida van der Weijden (84), Leiden

• 1897 » Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist († 1948)
• 1897 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1959)
• 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
• 1899 » Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1899 » Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer († 1943)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)

• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)

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 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.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• 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 May 14, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.