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• Adriaantje Pieternella van Bezooijen, Willemstad, Nederland
• Anna Spiro, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1942)
• Andrew J HOFFMANS, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Anna THIEHOFF († 1975)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelisz Haas, Amsterdam († 1971)
• Alice Maria Coulier, Klerken
• Aaltje Bosch, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen
• Anna Maria den Brok, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Anna Jacoba Bax, Vlissingen
• Achille Geldhof, Bredene-aan-Zee, Belgique († 1940)

• Albertus Jans Blink (85), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland The Netherlands
• Annigje (Antje) Groen (44), Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Akke van der Bijl (0), Lemmer, gem Lemsterland
• Anna Dekker (77), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina van Wageningen (59), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Arie GROENEWEG (83), Numansdorp
• Albertus Blink (85), Groningen (Nld), Groningen, Nederland
• Albertje Annes Koopman (83), Elsloo, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Aartsen (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Moonen (84), Eersel

• 1897 » Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter († 1973)
• 1899 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic († 1932)
• 1900 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic († 1997)
• 1901 » Maurice Evans, English actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord († 2001)
• 1903 » Eddie Acuff, American actor († 1956)
• 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
• 1904 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor († 1984)
• 1905 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer († 1946)

• 1875 » Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
• 1902 » Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
• 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)

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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on June 3, 1898 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.