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• van Kuilenburg, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana van Eijk, Gouda († 1990)
• Aloïsius Joannes Cornelius Devaere, St.-Jacobs-Kapelle
• Oudmaijer, Amsterdam († 1898)
• Aimé Armand Valère Henau, Maarke, België († 1977)
• Alida Margaretha de Vries, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alida van Waasdijk, Rotterdam († 1961)
• Alberdina Reintje van der Vegte, Leeuwarden († 1980)
• Adrianus Koot, Moorddrecht (Zuid-Holland)
• Abraham van Oosten, Gemeente Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1915)

• Hoffmann (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Hendrik van Emden (69), Kampen
• Adriana Oosthoek (33), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Elisabeth Ketelaar (64), Utrecht
• Charles Boisvert (37), Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Maskinongé, qc. Canada.
• Catherine Mackay McIntosh (59), Arbroath
• Bartholemeus van Duin (79), Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vallen (81), Venlo
• Albertje Pit (0), Kalenberg
• Berendtje Pastoor (73), Rolde,Drenthe,Niederlande,Nijlande

• 1890 » Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator († 1962)
• 1890 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam († 1969)
• 1891 » Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot († 1916)
• 1893 » H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist († 1950)
• 1897 » Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1918)
• 1898 » Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician († 1955)
• 1902 » Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator († 1997)
• 1903 » Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist († 1994)
• 1906 » Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor († 2007)

• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
• 1904 » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)
• 1907 » Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
• 1912 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)

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.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The temperature on May 19, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.