About the day » Tuesday October 18, 1898Calender converter

• Akke Thees de Vries, Vreeswijk Utrecht Nederland
• Albert Jannesen (Goené), Rotterdam
• Agatha de Jong, Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Janssen, Dessel, Belgie
• Albert Witman Frick, Pennsylvania († 1975)
• Albertina Aerts, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1989)
• Adeline Johanna Borkowski, Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa, United States († 1994)
• Albert Robert SPITTAEL, Eeklo, België († 1959)
• alfred hippolyte BROHET, Pâturages (Belgium) Hainaut
• Adaline Ludens Dykema

• Adrien-André RATIER (79), Ailly-sur-Noye,80010,Somme,FRANCE
• Abraham Reens (23), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Eltjes Amsinga (69), Weiwerd, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Hölling (77), Golenkamp, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Antje Rake. (0), Zuid-Scharwoude
• Anje Prak (1), Winschoten
• Aaltje Wagenaar (84), Broek op L'dijk
• Apollonia Nederveld (49), Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Roest (0), Soest
• Adriana Paulina Kerremans (65), Breda, Noord Brabant

• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)
• 1897 » Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author († 1980)
• 1898 » Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress († 1981)
• 1902 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress († 1972)
• 1902 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist († 1980)
• 1903 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach († 1983)
• 1904 » A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author († 1963)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

• 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.
• May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
• 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 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on October 18, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.