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• Anna Bartina Henriétte Post, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje Versluis, Meerkerk († 1976)
• Adriana Margaretha Jacoba van Steenoven, Vlaardingen
• Adriana Doelman, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pol, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)
• Allegonda Henderika Huizinga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Kleinepier, Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL († 1987)
• Aaltje Pol, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)
• Alida Maria Hüner, Leiderdorp († 1992)
• Alida Temminck, Maartensdijk († 1993)

• Cornelia Pollie (64), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland (Nederland)
• Albertje Swarts (2), Vlagtwedde, Nederland
• Alouisius Schuurmans (0), Nieuwkuijk
• Celestin van de Voorst (1), Couillet (BE)
• Carolus Ludovicus Beijaert (Beyhaerts) (64), Overmere / Geel
• Adriana Huijsman (0), Veere (Grijpskerke) (Zeeland)
• Catharina Alida Alders (0), Velsen, op de Heide
• Clasina Pietertje REEDIJK (0), Klaaswaal
• Aalbert van Haarlem (83), Hei en Boeicop
• Albertje Swarts (2), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland

• 1895 » C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician († 1985)
• 1899 » Colleen Moore, American actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian († 2001)
• 1900 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer († 1962)
• 1902 » Ogden Nash, American poet († 1971)
• 1903 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer († 1978)
• 1904 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1963)
• 1906 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor († 1971)
• 1907 » Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar († 1979)

• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

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.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

The temperature on August 19, 1898 was about 27.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.