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• Anna Bosschieter, Ilpendam
• Anteunius Cornelis Lange, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alphonsus Johannes Bastiaenen, Roosendaal
• Abner Barger, Kentucky, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Anteunis Cornelis Anteunisz. Lange, Rotterdam
• Albert Smilde, Ter Apelkanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 1973)
• Antje de Vries, Zaandam († 1898)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Vessem, Rotterdam
• Aikina Schokker, Emmen († 1986)
• Adrianus Cornelis den Biggelaar, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antognio battista Carlo Quarteroni (7), Ornica, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italie
• Abraham Crijnszn Gelderland (80), Oostvoorne
• Adriana van der Sterre (50), Gemeente Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Allegonda Nijman (32), Rotterdam
• Ambrosius Verschueren (55), Hoogstraten
• Candel, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Duijfhuijsen (51), zwartewaal
• Anna Gertrudis Jorissen (67), Nieuwstadt
• Anna Maria van der Maas (67)
• Ann Powers (27), Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1893 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author († 1975)
• 1895 » Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist († 1987)
• 1896 » Dodie Smith, English author and playwright († 1990)
• 1896 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 1974)
• 1897 » William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada († 1989)
• 1898 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel († 1978)
• 1898 » Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist († 1987)
• 1902 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1903 » Bing Crosby, American singer and actor († 1977)

• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)

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.
• 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.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• 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 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on May 3, 1898 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.