About the day » Wednesday July 20, 1898Calender converter

• Agnes Gregoor, Munsterbilzen, België († 1979)
• Albert Kamphof, Kampen
• Alida Spruit, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• van der Sluis, Surhuisterveen († 1898)
• Abraham Jacob Elenbaas, Poortvliet († 1961)
• Alfons Frans Cornelius DEGRAEVE, Zuienkerke,8377,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Adrianus Antonius Maria Wiercx, Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Bindels, Ottersum, ´t, Venezuela
• Angèle PRESTAT, Paris
• Aaltje Van Middendorp, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1899)

• Berber (Barber) Martens Jager (88), Hindeloopen, Friesland, Nederland Nederland
• Bregtje Mentjes de Vries (73), Stiens
• Antje de Jong (70), Suameer
• van der Sluis (0), Surhuisterveen
• Anna Lutia Bosch (34), Lochem, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Broer Dijk (54), Oldehove, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelia LANGBROEK Hdr (1), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Bieuwke Boomgaardt (66), 't Zand
• Adriana van den Berg (2), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Scholten (59), Bergambacht

• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)
• 1893 » George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier († 1915)
• 1895 » László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor († 1946)
• 1897 » Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1900 » Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach († 1967)
• 1901 » Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies († 1975)
• 1901 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1901 » Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding († 1996)
• 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)
• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)

• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)

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.
• May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.

The temperature on July 20, 1898 was about 16.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.