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• Adrianus Engelbertus Bouwman, Rotterdam
• Adolf Henri Spronk, Utrecht († 1986)
• Aafien Kool, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Bouwman, Graswijk, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1972)
• Albert Eefting, Vlagtwedde
• Adolf Henri Spronk, Utrecht
• Adriana Johanna de Vette, Schiedam
• Albertus Martinus Kapteijn, Rotterdam († 1973)
• Akke Doedes Faber, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Wisselink, Heelweg (Wisch) († 1952)

• Albert Hermann Teiken (74), Lindloh
• Anna Christina Biermans (33), Vlodrop
• Almond Fairbank (76), Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States
• Albert Hermann - Hermann Albert - Albert Teiken (74), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abraham Krijnz Gelderland (80), Oostvoorne, 3233, Nederland
• Adriana Post (0), Maassluis
• Adrianus Wansinck (0), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Johannes van Delft (45), Besoijen
• Albert Polling (56), Vries
• Albert Hermann (Anna Margaretha Nüsse) Teiken (74), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Germany

• 1894 » Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic († 1981)
• 1894 » Norma Talmadge, leading US actress of the silent era († 1957)
• 1895 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist († 1943)
• 1897 » John Frederick Coots, American songwriter († 1985)
• 1898 » Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Bob Wyatt, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1901 » Edouard Zeckendorf, Belgian doctor, army officer and mathematician († 1983)
• 1901 » Willi Bredel, German writer († 1964)
• 1902 » Brian Aherne, English actor († 1986)
• 1902 » Werner Finck, German Kabarett comedian, actor and author († 1978)

• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)

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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• 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.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
• 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 2, 1898 was about 24.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.