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• Albert Kooi, Uithuizermeeden († 1956)
• Aaltje VAN DEN BELT, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1960)
• Abraham van der Leden, Ameide,Gemeente Zederik,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aartje van de Breem († 1898)
• André Johan Mari Lutz, delft
• Adriana Anna Klever, Benschop
• Albert Luchies, Beilen
• Adriaan Hannes Ulrich Ferdinand van Asch, Eethen, Genderen en Heesbeen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Aagje Joppen Ros, 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Bleijendaal, Heemskerk, Noord Holland,Nederland

• Anthonius Simon van Egmond (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Aaldrik van Dijken (75), Schildwolde, Slochteren
• Adrianus van Meer (88), Hoeven, NL
• Anna Barbara Bremen (74), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Boelo Boerma (41), farmsum
• Cathrine Christine Elisabeth Johansdatter Wiese (born Holst) (66), Bergen, Hordaland, Norge
• Annigje Gerritsen (40), Ommen,ambt, Overijssel, Nederland
• (68), Dudzele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Antonia Maria BROOS (0), Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Alida Johanna Grootenboer (1), Rotterdam

• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)

• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

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.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• 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.)
• 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 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on May 29, 1898 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.