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• Aaltje Bessem, Amsterdam
• Adile Joseph Alliet, Tielt, België († 1961)
• Alida Anthonia Turkesteen, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aaltje Sijms, Bellingwolde,Groningen,Niederlande († 1981)
• Andries Vrijken, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Amelia Agnes Schroder, Holman Township, Osceola County, Iowa († 1971)
• Aafje Mantel, Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Aafje Jans Mantel, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Alvise Emo Capodilista, Vicenza, Italie († 1980)
• Adriaantje(Sjaan) Sintmaartensdijk, Goudswaard,Gemeente Korendijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)

• Anno Spoor (1), Sppemeer
• Hakze (33), Leeuwarden
• Carolina Kölker (47), Slagharen
• Anna Dekker (60), Hoogeveen nederland
• Anna Geerharda Kramer (0), Monster
• Berendina Riphagen (5), Apeldoorn
• Arie Boom (60), Hekendorp, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adam Roth (71), Eurunderee, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australië
• Alida ('Aaltje') Westmaas (78), Den Haag ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bocke Aizes de Boer (63), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)

• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)

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 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• 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.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

The temperature on July 17, 1898 was about 18.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.