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• Alida Schouten, Utrecht (NL) († 1979)
• Albert Venema, Middelstum († 1949)
• Aaltje Zweers, Avereest
• Agnes Jacoba RooIJakkers, Leiden
• Agatha Maria Dame, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Hoekert, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1975)
• Alida Schouten, Utrecht
• Agatha Marie Dame, Den haag
• Adrianus Marinus Voorstad, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Albert Ryeland Yancey, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia († 1959)

• Antoniea Bloemendaal (65), Loosduinen
• Abraham Burggraaff (32), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Achiel VERHOYE (7)
• Aaltjen Enzerink (66), Loosduinen
• Abraham Burggraaff (32), Mijdrecht
• Antonius George Theodoor Lievendag (42), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Harders (31), Gemeente Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Bloemendaal (65), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Bloemendaal (66), Loosduinen
• Adriana Cornelia Neeteson (57), Hontenisse

• 1893 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general († 1946)
• 1894 » George Petty, American painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1894 » Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1896 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1963)
• 1896 » Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon († 1937)
• 1896 » William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer († 1978)
• 1898 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1962)
• 1899 » Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor († 1994)
• 1900 » August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile († 1989)
• 1902 » Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist († 1942)

• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

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 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

The temperature on April 27, 1898 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.