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• Alida Liduina Rietstap, Schiedam,- († 1964)
• Adriana Jacobs van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 1985)
• Anna von Nagel, Gartrop-Schlossfreiheit, Hünxe, Allemagne († 1981)
• Adriana Maria Borgman, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1934)
• Adrianus Martinus de Nijs, ,, Haarlem, Nederland
• Adrianus Vorselaars, Tilburg, Nederland
• Abraham Cornelis Filippo, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Caroline Hermine Elisabeth van Nagell, Slot Gartrop, Gartrop-Bühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1981)
• TRUYMAN, Zwijndrecht († 1898)
• Adrianus Antonius Maria Vorselaars, Tilburg († 1988)

• Aaltje Dories (0), Wezuperbrug (Zweeloo)
• Aaltje Stoel (30), Oldebroek
• Allegonda van der Linden (56), Stratum 34
• Aaltje Siemens Henstra (64), Lemsterland
• Albert Arends Meijlof (26), Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Aaltje Jeltes Bootsman (63), Stitswerd gem. Kantens
• Albertus Weijer (71), Zenderen
• Albert Meijlof (26), Leeuwte
• Annigje LANGERAK (59), Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje BLOKDIJK, De Rijp,Gemeente Graft-De Rijp,North Holland,Netherlands

• 1892 » Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic († 1980)
• 1893 » Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1893 » John Norton, American hurdler († 1979)
• 1895 » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup († 1988)
• 1896 » Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer († 1944)
• 1896 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist († 1952)
• 1899 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic († 1988)
• 1900 » Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1904 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer († 1983)

• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)

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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• 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.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on April 16, 1898 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.