About the day » Monday January 10, 1898Calender converter

• Aalt Kas, Barneveld
• Adriaan van de Werken, Gameren (Zaltbommel)
• Adrianus Akkermans, Dongen († 1947)
• Aaltje Snoeijer, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Kapiteijn, 's Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus van Gils, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1988)
• Alco Richard VAN DER TOOK, Firth Landcaster County Nebraska U.S.A († 1975)
• Adriaantje van den Heuvel, Soest († 1898)
• Albertus Bouw, Wateren, Westerveld, Nederland († 1898)
• Aalt Kas, Zwartebroek, Barneveld

• Alida van Duivenbode (51), Utrecht
• Aaltje van Loon (0), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
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• Anna van Hoewijk (40), Rotterdam
• Anna van Hoewijk (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Duivenbode (51), Utrecht
• Abraham van Hee (80), Retranchement, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke Oebeles Blaauw (73), Schoterland
• Aldegonda HEESEN (65), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van Duivenbode (51), Utrecht

• 1893 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient († 1932)
• 1894 » Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author († 1972)
• 1895 » Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach († 1975)
• 1896 » Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter († 1962)
• 1898 » Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer († 1979)
• 1900 » Violette Cordery, English racing driver († 1983)
• 1902 » Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator († 1980)
• 1903 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor († 1975)
• 1903 » Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer († 1975)
• 1903 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler († 1997)

• 1895 » Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
• 1895 » Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
• 1901 » James Robert Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
• 1905 » Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
• 1920 » Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1922 » Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)

• 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.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• 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.

The temperature on January 10, 1898 was about 3.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.