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• Adrianus Cornelis Jacobus Mathijssen, Princenhage
• Albert (Alvin) Van Solkema, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Anna Ernestina de Jong, Makassar († 1931)
• Andrew Jackson Harris [Ks], Oklahoma acc († 1967)
• Anna Wouters, Vessem
• Albertje Theodora Johanna Hulleman, Aalten († 1968)
• "Carrie" Catherine Childs, Toledo, Lincoln, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Eelke Douma, Franeker
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Karel Schouten, Rotterdam († 1956)
• "Bernard" Joseph Marie de Parseval († 1973)

• Berend Roseboom (80), Hellendoorn
• Albert Romkes (0), Urk
• Adriana van Amelsfoort (65), Waalwijk
• Anna Jacoba Wilhelmina barones van Pallandt (70), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Abe Evert Israel (24), Gunplain Towership, Allegan, Michigan, Amerke
• Adriana van Amelsvoord (65), Waalwijk, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Baroness Van Pallandt (70)
• Anna Maria van Oudenhoven (69), Tilburg
• Abraham Borns (67), Rilland-Bath
• Anna Jacoba Wilhelmina van Pallandt (70), 's Gravenhage

• 1890 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)
• 1893 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor († 1951)
• 1895 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1896 » Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1982)
• 1902 » Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1963)
• 1902 » Saud of Saudi Arabia († 1969)
• 1903 » Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1907 » Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier († 1940)

• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)

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 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.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• 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.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

The temperature on January 15, 1898 was about 2.8 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.