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• Adriaan Hamelink, Westdorpe († 1963)
• Aart Alberts, Leersum
• Adrianus Maria Josephus Nuijten, Breda († 1972)
• Adam van der Luit, Oegstgeest
• Ada Arendina Jeanette Elias, Harderwijk,Gemeente Harderwijk,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Ada Arendina Jeanette Elias, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• van Lier, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Viergever, Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1898)
• , Harlingen († 1975)
• Abraham Schipper, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Maessen (84), Klimmen, Voerendaal
• Anna, Maria, Theresia Kerremans (66), Brecht
• Albina Tapper (36), Iowa, United States
• Arie Leendertsz de Jong (75), Noordwijk
• Arie de Jong (75), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Zandt (1), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Drenth (0), Sauwerd (Adorp )
• Anna Maria DE PRETER (81), Rillaar, 24092, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Viergever (0), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriaantje van Ijsseldijke (0), Zierikzee, Zeeland (Nederland)

• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)
• 1893 » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss († 1976)
• 1899 » Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator († 1974)
• 1900 » Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)
• 1902 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author († 1940)
• 1904 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist († 2004)
• 1904 » Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)

• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)

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 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• 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.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

The temperature on January 26, 1898 was about 4.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.