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• Adrianus Faasse, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adiaantje de Rijk, Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Alberdina Wobina Gezina Meijer, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1957)
• Aaltje Lodewijks, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldegonda Hubertina Catharina Korsten, Belfeld, Nederland († 1976)
• Aaltje Jantiena Engeliena Willemiena Burghgraef, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1977)
• Adrianus Lambregts, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Albert van Dijk, Meppel
• Alma Augusta Verbrugge, Tiegem, Belgium
• Ada Knox, Riverdale, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States († 1991)

• Albertus Pieter Luijten (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth Abeelen van den (67), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Allegonda Geld van der (75), Oudheusden en Elshout
• Johanna Hofland (88), 's-Gravenzande
• Amanda Straight (45)
• Adriaan Huijben (49), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Roelands (59), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alegonda van der Geld (75), Oudheusden en Elshout
• Annigje van Gelder (42), Zalk, Nederland
• Aartje Bessels (16), Zevenhuizen (Apeldoorn)

• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The temperature on February 8, 1898 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.