About the day » Wednesday January 26, 1898Calender converter

• Abraham Dykshoorn, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Aart Alberts, Leersum
• Adriana Fieret, 's-Gravenhage
• Aartjen Raaijen, Harderwijk († 1979)
• Aaltje Wybrens Holwerda, Blija, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria Josephus Nuijten, Breda (NL) († 1972)
• Aart Alberts, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Fieret, scheveningen
• Adam van der Luit, Oegstgeest
• Aaltje Wybrens Holwerda, Blija,Ferwerderadeel,Friesland,Netherlands

• Alida Dionisia Sierevelt (82), Utrecht
• Anna, Maria, Theresia Kerremans (66), Brecht
• Arie de Jong (75), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Archibald Linn Drummond (28), aged 27 years, Young, NSW, AU
• Adriaantje van Ijsseldijke (0), Zierikzee, Zeeland (Nederland)
• Adriana Margaretha Johanna Haan, de (62), Renkum
• Anna Dolk (85), Oude-Tonge
• anna dolk (85), oude tonge (goeree overflakkee)
• Arie de Jong (75), Noordwijk
• Aaltje Drenth (0), Sauwerd, gem. Adorp, Groningen, Nederland

• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)
• 1893 » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss († 1976)
• 1899 » Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator († 1974)
• 1900 » Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)
• 1902 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author († 1940)
• 1904 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist († 2004)
• 1904 » Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)

• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)

• 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 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

The temperature on January 26, 1898 was about 4.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.