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• Adrianus Petrus Steegers, 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Hendrica BECKX, Ambarawa (IND) († 1933)
• Anna Harmina Jenneken Kempers, Geesteren († 1990)
• Anna J. MOLEWIJK, Raamsdonk († 1977)
• Adriana Zeegers († 1973)
• Alphonsus Adranus Donders († 1898)
• Aaldert Gruppen, Alteveer (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Los, Zwijndrecht († 1985)
• Adam Jacobus Roos, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Albert Hendrik van Leer, Leerdam († 1955)

• Albert Zwiers (73), Dalen
• Aart Mulder (68), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• alida bond (87), volendam
• Ariaantje Verwei (52), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Hendrikx (32), Meijel
• Jan Santing (0), De Krim
• Albertus Hendrik Petrus van den Berg (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Arthur Louis" Marie de Contades-Gizeux (73), Gizeux, Indre-et-Loire, France
• Emerantia Maria Lammens (14), Zuiddorpe
• Antje Fokkes van der Schaaf (72), Amsterdam

• 1888 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1925)
• 1888 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer († 1980)
• 1890 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian († 1965)
• 1896 » Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1899 » Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano († 1972)
• 1902 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1902 » George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author († 1984)
• 1906 » Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer († 1955)
• 1907 » Jack Albertson, American actor († 1981)

• 1869 » Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
• 1878 » Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 » Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)
• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
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.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
• December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on June 16, 1898 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.