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Born on Sunday October 2, 1898
- Alfred Edmond Joseph BLONDEL, Villers-Châtel,62690,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1971)
- Adriana Maria Vlemmings, Helmond († 1925)
- Heidotting, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1898)
- "Charles" Adolphe Emmanuel Marie Joseph de Wouters d'Oplinter, Watermael-Boitsfort, Bruxelles, Belgique († 1975)
- Wens Josephus, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
- Anna Hibma, Marion, Marion, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
- Alida Antoinette la Brijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
- Álvaro Silva Barbosa, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1960)
- Albert Kuipers, Amsterdam († 1922)
- Albert Kruitbosch, Diepenveen († 1970)
Died on Sunday October 2, 1898
- Alexander Bolton Gentles (41), Trelawny, Cornwall, Jamaica
- Anna, Christina Höppener (0), Waubach
- Adriaan Henri Jean Zorgdrager (0), Terneuzen, Nederland
- Aaltje van de Dijk (81), Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland
- Aaltje van de Dijk (81), Oldebroek, Nederland
- Anna Maria Spelthan (1), Kerkrade (L
- Anna Catharina Verschuren (63), Graauw en Langendam (Hulst), Zeeland, Nederland
- Visser (0), Nieuwenhoorn
- Anna Catharina Verschuren (63), Graauw en Langendam
- Anson Clough (95), Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States of America
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 2, 1898 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Nieuwe Surinaamsche courant
- Tilburgsche courant
- De Telegraaf
Born on October 2
- 1890 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor († 1977)
- 1893 » Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor († 1962)
- 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
- 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
- 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
- 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
- 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
- 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
- 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
- 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
Died on October 2
- 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
- 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
- 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
- 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
- 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
- 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1898
- 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 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 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
- August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
- November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
- December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Weather October 2, 1898
The temperature on October 2, 1898 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.