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• Anna Hermina HENDRIKS, Rozendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Emmen, Dongen († 1958)
• Antonio Carlos Abreu Sodré, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1946)
• Adriana Sulkers, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Albert Booij, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1899)
• Agnes Gertrude Garrah, Howe Island, Ontario, Canada († 1981)
• Adelheid Fischer, Hebelermeer († 1985)
• Antje de Vries, Nieuwehorne († 1922)
• 8. Johanna Jacoba de Krom, Lepelstraat NB (gem. Steenbergen) († 1978)
• Anna Maria Pulles, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Albertha Stollenga (21), Honnef a.d.Rijn, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart Torsius (78), Nijkerk
• Albertje Vos (71), Ten Post, Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Jans van de Vosse (78), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Geertuida Knippers (53), Groenlo
• Antonie Smits (68), Gorinchem
• Adrianus Hendricus Jacobusz van de Merwe (0), Rotterdam, zh.nld
• Andries Floris Dekker (68), Sliedrecht Zhl. NL
• Aafje Mans (60), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Adriana Kruijs (68), Hillegersberg

• 1895 » Mike O'Dowd, American boxer († 1957)
• 1896 » Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator († 1931)
• 1897 » Hans Schuberth, German politician († 1976)
• 1899 » Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer († 1985)
• 1900 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler († 1928)
• 1900 » Spencer Tracy, American actor († 1967)
• 1901 » Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador († 1986)
• 1901 » Curt Bois, German actor († 1991)
• 1901 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor († 1981)

• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)

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.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• 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.
• July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
• December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on April 5, 1898 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.