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• Aaltje Smit, Hollandscheveld († 1901)
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil, Rotterdam
• Anna Cornelia van Oorschot, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Andries Pieter de Wit, Middelburg
• Aaltje Smit, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1901)
• Abraham MARIS, Rotterdam († 1983)
• Adriana Maria van Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana Speek, Etten, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1945)
• Alice Henriette Pauline BERLAGE, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Angiolo Letardi

• Ariaantje Seret (77), Sliedrecht
• Antonius Johannis Brouwers (0), Dinteloord
• Adriana Wilhelmina Delfgauw (0), Rotterdam
• Bernard Friedrich* Haupt (65), Epe, Ksp
• Aaltje van Wolfswinkel (80), Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Barbara Noordermeer (18), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Wolfswinkel (80), Scherpenzeel, Gld, NL
• Annigje BARENDREGT (80), Zuid-Beijerland
• Adeline Brock (2), Riley, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje (Barendregt) Barendrecht (80), Zuid-Beijerland

• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)

• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

The temperature on January 31, 1898 was about 9.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.