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• Cornelissen, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreus VERRYDT, Lommel († 1911)
• Aaltje van Oenen, Marshoek, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1898)
• Albertus Hendrikus Koldenhof, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1900)
• Albertus Johannes Schouten, Loenersloot († 1959)
• Anna Benešová, Šlovice č.2
• Abraham Johannes van Munster, Amsterdam
• Adriana Catharina VAN LANGEVELDE, Terneuzen...Zeeland, Nederland
• Aartje van den Brink († 1962)
• Afke Eijer, Jubbega, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)

• Antje Groot (56), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Adrianus Erkens (71), Rotterdam
• Anna van der Horst (69), Utrecht (stad), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adèle Eugénie Joseph BECQUART (54), Ansauvillers, 60017, Oise, Oise, France
• Anna Maria Victoria Schoenkes (62), Breyell, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Adriaan GOMMERS (54), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Aaltje van Moorselaar (5)
• Abraham van Polanen (1), Leiden
• Aaltje Oosting (70), Assen
• Ana Eva Schwartz (48), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic († 1967)
• 1897 » Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author († 1977)
• 1899 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka († 1959)
• 1900 » Dorothy Adams, American character actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist († 1982)
• 1902 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic († 1987)
• 1902 » Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician († 1988)
• 1904 » Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer († 1948)
• 1904 » Tampa Red, American guitarist and songwriter († 1981)

• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)

• 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 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• 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 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on January 8, 1898 was about -2.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.