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• Albrecht Ludwig Leopold Tassilo VON HOHENZOLLERN-SIGMARINGEN, Potsdam Brandenburg Germany († 1977)
• Aagje Post, Jaarsveld
• Angèle Marie Valérie Ghys, Sint-Denijs-Boekel,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Alix Marie Hélène le Bas de Courmont († 1967)
• Albert Lodewijk von Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, Potsdam, Duitsland († 1977)
• Abraham Johannes de Vos Burchart, Vlissingen
• Anna Cornelia Adriana Nagtzaam, Breda, Nederland († 1925)
• Albrecht Ludwig Leopold Tassilo von Hohenzollern, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland († 1977)
• Alida,1898 Hemert van,, Haaften

• Antonius Fens (0), Rotterdam
• Antje van Vegten (68), Montfoort
• Antje van Vegten (68), Montfoort
• Aaltje Mulderij (1), Wormen, gem Apeldoorn
• Aaltje Mulderij (1), Apeldoorn (Wormen)
• Ariaan de Waal (0), Rotterdam
• Andries Jan Jacob Josephus Hubertus Schreurs (1), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie de Klerk (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Duijser (79), Rotterdam
• Antonetta Johanna Hoevenaars (2), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1890 » Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer († 1982)
• 1892 » Elmer Rice, American playwright († 1967)
• 1893 » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright († 1984)
• 1893 » Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician († 1973)
• 1898 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician († 1957)
• 1900 » Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII († 1951)
• 1901 » Ed Sullivan, American television host († 1974)
• 1901 » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS († 1990)
• 1903 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general († 1988)
• 1905 » Max Schmeling, German boxer († 2005)

• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)
• 1935 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)

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.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• 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 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.

The temperature on September 28, 1898 was about 12.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.