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• Vos, Tiendeveen (Beilen)
• Aart Johannes OOGJEN, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Aaltje Sonnevelt, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Adriaan de Rijke, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Gerardus Wolters, Posterholt († 1989)
• * Hendrik van der Weerd († 1978)
• Albert Koelman, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Roest, Soest († 1898)
• Ahmad Shah Qajar, Tabriz, Iran († 1930)
• Bos, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1898)

• Aagje Klaver (77), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Brigitta LEGEIN (81), Oostduinkerke, Koksijde, W-Vl, Belgie
• Adam Joseph Fischer (64), Workum
• Arie de Koning (38), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Hendrik van de Bank (69)
• Antonio Clemente Pinto (67), Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Bos (0), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Oudendijk (81), Heinkenszand, province of Zeeland
• albert QUENON (43), Wasmes (Belgium)
• Annigje Bezemer (0), Alphen

• 1896 » Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist († 1950)
• 1896 » Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler († 1960)
• 1897 » René Iché, French sculptor († 1954)
• 1898 » Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia († 1930)
• 1898 » Eduard Zintl, German chemist († 1941)
• 1898 » Rudolph Maté, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director († 1964)
• 1899 » Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer († 1977)
• 1899 » Edith Tolkien, wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien († 1971)
• 1899 » Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1969)
• 1899 » John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict († 1983)

• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)

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 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

The temperature on January 21, 1898 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.