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• Vos, Tiendeveen (Beilen)
• Adrianus Marcelus VAN KRAAIJ, Geffen († 1979)
• Ahmad Shah Qajar, Tabriz, Iran († 1930)
• Albert Witting, EMMEN
• Adrianus (twin) Vonk, Jaarsveld († 1898)
• Albert Christian Ender, Mound Prairie Township, Houston, Minnesota, United States († 1962)
• Alouisius Josephus Nelen, Hoevestein, Wouwse Plantage († 1898)
• Amanda Maria Theresia Wydooghe, Gits († 1972)
• Aleida Maria Huijskes, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Magdalena Spek, Elburg

• Abraham Jacobus Karstanje (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Klaver (77), Andijk
• Adam Joseph Fischer (65), Workum, Fr, Nederland
• Aaltje Vos van Avezate (72), Zwolle
• Arend Jan Veldhuis (31), Rijssen
• Adrianus Cornelus Verhoeven (3)
• Alfressa Margaretha (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Annigje Bezemer (0), Alphen
• Alida Regina Kikkert (75), Haarlem
• Alfredsa Margarethe Bamberg (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie

• 1896 » Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist († 1950)
• 1896 » Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler († 1960)
• 1897 » René Iché, French sculptor († 1954)
• 1898 » Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia († 1930)
• 1898 » Eduard Zintl, German chemist († 1941)
• 1898 » Rudolph Maté, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director († 1964)
• 1899 » Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer († 1977)
• 1899 » Edith Tolkien, wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien († 1971)
• 1899 » Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1969)
• 1899 » John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict († 1983)

• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)

• 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.
• January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de 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.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

The temperature on January 21, 1898 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.