About the day » Tuesday August 16, 1898Calender converter

• Roskam(p), Vierpolders, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana van der Ban, Spijkenisse
• Albertus Hendrik Matthijs Van Oostendorp, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1966)
• Andries Jelles Spandauw, Woudsend, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Lindhout, Oud-Vossemeer († 1986)
• Antonie Bakker, Renkum († 1924)
• Antje Schuitema, Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1984)
• Adriana van den Ban, Spijkenisse
• Anna Margaretha Wilhelmina Seelen, Venlo
• Anna Josepha Schielen, Simpelveld

• Anna Theresia Gerardina Hoelen (77), Den Haag
• Andries Schreuder (60), Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Douwes Postuma (78), gem. Dantumadeel
• Akke Veenstra (0), Nijega (HO)
• Aaltje Gerrits Zwiers (0), Blokzijl
• * Dingeman (1) Baars (14), Bruinisse, Zeeland, NL
• Andries Douwes Postma Or Postuma (79), Dantumadeel, Frslnd, Nthr
• Adolphus Gustavus Maria Vijt (0), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Aaltje Snip (54), Burgervlotbrug, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van Woerkens (54), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
• 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)
• 1900 » Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist († 1976)
• 1902 » Georgette Heyer, English author († 1974)
• 1902 » Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright († 1934)
• 1904 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)

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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• 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 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on August 16, 1898 was about 32.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.