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• Anna Catharina Bruns, Oberlangen, Lathen († 1909)
• Angenitha Raau, Andelst
• Abraham van der Reijden, Leiden († 1898)
• "Rodolphe" Charles Marie Gérard de Faucigny-Lucinge, Paris († 1985)
• Abraham Moses Alvares Veiga († 1921)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Johanna van der Beek, 's Gravenhage († 1977)
• Alice Beer, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland
• Aaltje Pen, Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Euphrasie Pirard, Brustem, België († 1979)
• Saapke Drost, Dokkum

• Catharina Loeber (79), Leiden
• Anna Maria Draaisma (65), Sneek, Nederland
• Catharina Winands (Wijnands, Winand, Winants, Wijnants) (60), Maastricht, Nederland
• ABRAHAM KOET (72), LEIDEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Beeving (77), Werkhoven
• Arie van Dam (28), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Zon (0), Udenhout
• 3rd GGM Maria Dorothea Stargardt (83), Norton Township, Winona County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie Beving (77), Werkhoven
• Anna Maria Draaisma (65), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1892 » Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer († 1957)
• 1895 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader († 1934)
• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held 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 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.

The temperature on May 18, 1898 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.