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• Andries Pieter Stephanus Le Roux, Prins Albert, Cape Province, South Africa
• Anna Folina Zoolstra, Moordrecht († 1954)
• Anna Heerco's Douma, Dantumawoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiggers van der Veer, makkum († 1973)
• Adriaan Johan Hageman, Oss, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albert Jan Bekamp, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus van Breugel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaide Mabel Cowling, Norton Summit, SA, Australia († 1992)
• Abraham van der Reijden, Leiden († 1898)
• Adriaan Pieter Jasperse, 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Antonie Beving (77), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adeline (twin) Hall (65)
• Aukje Hendriks de Groot (47)
• Adriana Maria van Zon (0), Udenhout
• 3rd GGM Maria Dorothea Stargardt (83), Norton Township, Winona County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen van den Bergt (64), Slagharen
• Abraham Koet (72), Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Winands (60), Maastricht
• Arie van Dam (28), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Beving (77), Werkhoven

• 1892 » Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer († 1957)
• 1895 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader († 1934)
• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• 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.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

The temperature on May 18, 1898 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.