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• Anna Cornelia de Greef, Woensdrecht
• Anna Catharina Stalmans, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1977)
• Agatha Maria Smit, Schagen
• Adam de Ridder († 1969)
• Aafje Leguit, Oudendijk, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Albert James Ayling **, East Preston, Sussex, England († 1987)
• Adam Wilhelm Hellmans, haaren
• Alexandrina Virgina van Bunderen, Temse
• Adriana Cornelia de Groot, Wouw († 1953)
• Anna Helena Rakers, Emlichheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland

• Antonia Pieternella Verdult (1), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Frederica Van. Alphen (91), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Albert van de Kerk (67), Elburg (Gld Nederland)
• Adrianus Weber (74), Delft,-
• Adrianus Galema (78), Hoorn
• Adrian Philippe (1), Bakersfield, Kern, California, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Hogedoorn (79), Lisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Es (81), Ammerstol
• Apolonia van Dam (74), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Adrianus Martinus Kapteijns (0), Gestel, Eindhoven

• 1892 » Italo Mus, Italian painter († 1967)
• 1895 » Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator († 1991)
• 1896 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1897 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter († 1975)
• 1898 » Agnes Ayres, American actress († 1940)
• 1899 » Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic († 1971)
• 1902 » Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author († 1969)
• 1902 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet († 1935)
• 1905 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer († 1987)
• 1905 » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor († 1991)

• 1875 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Richard M. Brewer, American criminal (b. 1850)
• 1879 » Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (b. 1791)
• 1890 » Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)
• 1890 » Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
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.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 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.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on April 4, 1898 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.