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• Aderjanus Tol, Groningen († 1899)
• * Antonia Maria Edelbroek, 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Petrus Feskens, Breda († 1898)
• Gijsbertus Johannes Antonius Nollen, Raamsdonkveer
• Anna Christina van Kaanen, Rotterdam († 1973)
• Albert de Jonge, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Albartha Beumer, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL
• Alida Adaucta Maria Bolmer-, Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland
• Adriana Kortleven, Vlaardingen († 1985)
• Abraham Dijk van, Schiedam († 1898)

• Engelen (0), Borkel en Schaft
• Antonius van der Plas (34), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Carolus van Weerelt (72), Rotterdam,-
• Anna Maria Peeters (39), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
• Anthonius Koerten (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana de Koning (0), Papekop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Oskam (25), Jaarsveld
• Adryaan Anton KAPTEIJN (0), Amsterdam
• (76), Dubbeldam (Dordrecht)
• Anna Maria Peeters (39), Dessel

• 1891 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany († 1980)
• 1891 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy († 1972)
• 1893 » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1893 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1895 » Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar († 1973)
• 1897 » Milt Franklyn, American composer († 1962)
• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)

• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)

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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.

The temperature on September 16, 1898 was about 25.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.