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• Anna Maria Creusen, Vaals, Gemeente Vaals, Limburg, Nederland († 1927)
• (Adrie) Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Hendriks, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Aloisius Triest, Watergraafsmeer († 1967)
• , Koogerveld (Texel) († 1898)
• Adrianus van der Linde, Zierikzee Schouwen-Duiveland Zeeland Nederland († 1953)
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Hendriks, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Adriana Johanna Verbunt, Dongen, Nederland
• Adriaan Rosman, Schiedam
• Adrianus van der Windt, Vlaardingen († 1970)
• Achiel Denys, Handzame († 1986)

• (68), Giethoorn
• Antje Gerrits van der Bij (62), Haskerland
• Adriana Vercouteren (59), Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland
• BEREND WILLEMSEN (65), PUTTEN
• Antje Gerrits Schaaf (62), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Gerrits van der Schaaf (62), Haskerland (3)
• Annegien de Beer (64), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Angela Hermina Lüppen (0), Tinnen, Haren (Ems)
• Aagje Buis (51), Benningbroek, North Holland, Netherlands
• Auke Visser (49), Hoogwoud

• 1892 » Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse († 1984)
• 1893 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher († 1952)
• 1897 » Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author († 1945)
• 1900 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter († 1955)
• 1902 » Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist († 1989)
• 1902 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author († 1989)
• 1903 » Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator († 1957)
• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
• 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)
• 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)

• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)

• 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 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The temperature on January 5, 1898 was about 7.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.