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• Anna Columba van Diepen, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adeline Spinks, Mile End Old Town, London, England († 1993)
• Adriana Maria Schröder, Breda
• Alida van Stuijvenberg, Maurik († 1926)
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Graaf, Delft († 1972)
• Alvin John Dunnewold († 1966)
• Adrianus Snoeij, Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Albertus Jillisz de la Rie, Leiden († 1974)
• Albertus de la Rie, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Klok, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alida SIMON (20), Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Antoinette Catherine Thérèse Alberdingk Thijm (68), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthoon Thijsses Mulder (29), Wolvega (Weststellingwerf)
• Antoinette Alberdingk Thijm (68), Roermond, Nederland
• Anna ♀ Hubers (72), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland Nederland
• Aagje Zweerus (1), Oude-Tonge
• Anna Gossen (63), Emmen
• (1) Pieter Smit (51), Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Sybe Rinses Storm (51), Drogeham
• Anthonius Maria Maas (4), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)
• 1899 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1900 » John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer († 1969)
• 1906 » Red Allen, American trumpet player († 1967)
• 1910 » Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas († 1994)
• 1912 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family († 1988)
• 1913 » Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1993)

• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)

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.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• 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.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on January 7, 1898 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.