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• Alfons Lambert Vanhacht, Zepperen, België († 1966)
• Adriaan de Bruijne, St.Philipsland († 1898)
• Aaltje Wijnand, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1898)
• Jan Doldersum, Stuifzand († 1958)
• Abram Reinders, Sappemeer
• ADRIANUS JOZEPHUS MAAT, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Aafke Posthuma de Boer (Postma de Boer), Gemeente Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adrianus Jansz. Huizer, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jozephus Maat, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adam Van Donge, Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States

• Adriana Breedveld (28), Streefkerk
• Aldegonda Antonetta Wijnhoven (55), Bergen (L.)
• Aaltje Nieboer (81), Oude Pekela
• Adrianus Hameka (0), Frederiksoord,vledder, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberdina Wagenaar (76), Oolde, Laren, Lochem, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella van Ommeren (79), Raamsdonk
• Abraham Moleveld (0), Vreeland, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Vincente (59), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Stolk (66), Rotterdam
• Aagje Kieboom (61), Werkendam

• 1893 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (d.1967)
• 1895 » Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)
• 1895 » Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor († 1975)
• 1897 » John B. Gambling, American radio host († 1974)
• 1898 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach († 1965)
• 1898 » Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist († 1976)
• 1900 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer († 1974)
• 1901 » Jean Bruchési, Canadian historian and author († 1979)
• 1901 » Paul Willis, American actor and director († 1960)
• 1902 » Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar († 2000)

• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

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.
• 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 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.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on April 9, 1898 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.