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• Adriana Magdalena Spek, Elburg
• * Hendrik van der Weerd († 1978)
• Adrianus Vonk, Jaarsveld, Nederland († 1898)
• Albertine van den Berg, Speldorf (Noord-Rijnland-Westfalen) Duitsland
• Adrianus Jacobus Verhoef, Haarzuilens
• Adriana Boomert, Vlaardingen
• Amanda Maria Theresia Wydooghe, Gits († 1972)
• Aleida Maria Huijskes, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Rijke, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Adrianus Pieter Steijlen, Geertruidenberg

• Adriaan Maas (52), Hontenisse
• Adriaan Maas (Maes) (52), Hontenisse
• Antonius Bekkers (86), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend de Jonge (20), Enschede
• Aagje Klaver (77), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje EIJSSEN (79), Beemster (Noord-Holland)
• Aaltje Bos (60), Apeldoorn-Zevenhuizen
• Adriana Samuelse (55), Vlissingen
• Maria Helsloot (72), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Vos van Avezate (72), Zwolle

• 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)

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.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• 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 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 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 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.

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