About the day » Wednesday June 8, 1898Calender converter

• Aaltje de Lang, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1899)
• Allegonda Cornelia Zijlmans, Raamsdonk . Noord Brabant († 1973)
• Henderik Nanning, Slochteren
• Anna Catharina Mostmans, beerse († 1975)
• Alexander Arie van der Weiden, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Andreas de Bruin, Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1984)
• Abraham Jacob Dumas, Rotterdam († 1904)
• Anna Wilhelmina Hermsen, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Delbressine, Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alberdina Marissen, Noord, Hoogeveen

• Barendje van Eck (64), Gameren
• Annechien Abbas (14), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Caterina KNOOP (33), Groningen
• Felius, Wemeldinge
• Anna Wilhelmina van ZIJDERVELD (62), ravenswaaij
• Alida Haageman (64), 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Anna Willemina van Zijderveld (62), Ravenswaaij
• Agatha Margaretha Gudula Gertruda Bult * (1), Oldemarkt
• Bernardus Dobbelaere (57), Vinderhoute
• Barbara Scheel (46), Montfoort

• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)
• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)

• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)

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.
• 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.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on June 8, 1898 was about 22.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.