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• Akke van der Meulen, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Adriana Lelivelt, Beuningen
• Alida Johanna Borgsteede, Amsterdam († 1898)
• Aebe Brouwer, Bolsward
• Abraham Pieter Sierat, Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Oosterloo, Beilen († 1898)
• Alberta Valentine Flewellen († 1899)
• Adriana Maria Bakker, Vinkeveen
• Agustina Europa Boneta Y Colon, Puerto Rico († 1970)
• Aaltje OOSTERLOO, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1898)

• Adriana Maria Bakx (13), Oosterhout
• Adrianus Petrus Lips (0), Breda
• Ann Ebsworth (97), Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
• Antje Jacobsdr Diepsmeer (88), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Marie Decraemer (0), Oudenburg
• Antonius Henricus Johannes Paauw (19), Herpt en Bern
• Antonius Henricus Johannus Paauw (19), Herpt
• Anna Maria Reintjes (53), Kleef, Duitsland
• Aalbert LABRIE (0), Vianen, Gemeente Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albert Schokkenbroek (0), Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1889 » James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1974)
• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)
• 1892 » Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, († 1960)
• 1899 » Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1901 » Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager († 1990)
• 1901 » John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director († 1957)
• 1901 » Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1903 » Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic († 1986)
• 1903 » Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr († 1973)
• 1905 » Robert Newton, English-American actor († 1956)

• 1864 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)

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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on June 1, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.