About the day » Monday September 26, 1898Calender converter

• Alexander Peter Van Brunt, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
• Abraham BROERSMA, Harlingen Friesland Netherlands
• Albertje RYPKEMA, Beets
• Adam Mark Hawkins, Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Aart Pauwel Egberts, Velp (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Ammon Edgar ALLEN, Vernal († 1987)
• Adrianus van Welsenis, Rotterdam
• Andries Verhoeven, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1899)
• Abraham Groeneweg, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Aloysius Bluekens, Goirle

• Anna Sophia Lijsen (76), Wageningen
• Anna Margaretha Rump (57), Horsten Onstwedde
• Adrianus Vermonden (0), Baarle-Hertog (België)
• Adrianus Remmerswaal (4)
• Arie Roelofsen (64), Opheusden (Neder-Betuwe) 46
• Abraham Wielemaker (82)
• Ari√´n ROELOFSEN (64), Opheusden (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Agnes NIJSSEN (26), Rijkhoven, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
• Alida Meijer (56), Bennebroek
• Adrianus Petrus Feskens (0), Breda

• 1891 » William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia († 1985)
• 1892 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic († 1970)
• 1894 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress († 1929)
• 1895 » Jürgen Stroop, German general († 1952)
• 1897 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot († 1917)
• 1897 » Pope Paul VI († 1978)
• 1898 » George Gershwin, American pianist and composer († 1937)
• 1900 » Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer († 1983)
• 1901 » George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1980)
• 1901 » Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician († 1963)

• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)

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 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
• 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 26, 1898 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.