About the day » Tuesday March 8, 1898Calender converter

• Trip, Nieuw-Buinen († 1898)
• Alexander Laenen, Maastricht
• Cathman, Grant Co., Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Alda Leverknight, Pennsylvania († 1993)
• Adriana Geertruida EBERG, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Philipoom, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Adriaantje Timmerman, Wieringen, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Anna (2) Andriessen, Bussum († 1989)
• Alida Gijsbertse, Driebergen
• Adrianus Franciscus Koppens, Alem (N.Br)

• Ant(h)on Hermsen (64), Asperden, Duitsland
• Wijsbeek- (0), Oosterdiep, Nederland
• Adriaan de Weerd (79), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida BRAND (84), Langeveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anne STUDER (10), Belfort (90000, Territoire-de-Belfort, France)
• Arnoldus de Munk (69), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelia Formijne (72), Tiel
• Ann E Wigginton (88), Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States
• Arnoldus Meulenbroek (0), Den Dungen
• Alonzo William Brushwood (71), Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten

• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach († 1966)

• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)

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.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on March 8, 1898 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.