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• Aaltien Paman, Hardenberg
• Adriana Johanna Buytendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Helena Muller, Crawford County, Iowa, United States († 1971)
• Albert Karstz Vaartjes, Lemsterland =Lemmer, fr.nld († 1970)
• Adrianus Pelders, Nieuwkuijk († 1978)
• Alice Patri Roberts Meeks [Wk], Casey County, Kentucky
• Albertina Wendel, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Adronie Verslype, Merckem († 1977)
• Aaltje Peters van Eerde, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Adriana Schipper, Leiden, ZH, Nederland

• Amelia Annie (Amy) Dodd (46), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Albert Vincent Ernst Leopold Clemens Vorst van Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (53), Haltenbergstetten, Baden-Württemberg
• Antien Harder (55), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Ruurds Torenbeek (77), Akkrum, gem. Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Piening (0), Nieuw Buinen Gem. Borger
• Antje Simondr Vlaanderen (82), Alkmaar
• Agatha Stokman (0), Beemster
• Anne Marie Louise Joseph HANNOTTE (0), BAELEN-sur-VESDRE (Overoth), Liège, Belgique
• Catharina Swaan (1), Leiden
• Arnoldus Bekkers (0), Deurne

• 1892 » Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator († 1962)
• 1894 » Chic Harley, American football player († 1974)
• 1894 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1894 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic († 1977)
• 1895 » Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
• 1897 » Merle Curti, American historian and author († 1997)
• 1898 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author († 1936)
• 1901 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge († 1985)
• 1903 » Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 1992)
• 1904 » Umberto II of Italy († 1983)

• 1859 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)

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 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• 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.
• August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• 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 September 15, 1898 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.