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Born on Thursday October 20, 1898
- Aaltje Duker, Lhee, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
- Aaltje Duker, Dwingeloo († 1983)
- Anna Maria Vliegen, Voerendaal († 1958)
- "Fernande" Juliette Ernestine Marie Huet, Renazé, Mayenne, France († 1973)
- Aline DE MULDER, Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1998)
- Adriana Cornelia Spek, Rotterdam
- Aaltje van Leeuwen, Oudshoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Vliegen, Ubachsberg († 1958)
- Wilhelmus Leonardus Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer
- Adriana Maria Balfoort, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
Died on Thursday October 20, 1898
- Adriana van der Gust (80), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Borgers (0), Nijmegen
- Aart KLEINJAN (53), Piershil
- Adriana van Sluijs (67), Brouwershaven
- Albert Scharpenborg (0), Wildervank Groningen Nederland
- Anna Catharina IJsendijk (67), Rotterdam
- Aaltje Hettema (0), Leeuwarden
- Adriana Maria GILLIS (74), Alphen en Riel, Alphen, 3281, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albertus Bloemendaal (84), Woudenberg
- Adrianus van Zutphen (69), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 20, 1898 at Delpher
Born on October 20
- 1893 » Charley Chase, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1940)
- 1894 » Olive Thomas, American model and actress († 1920)
- 1895 » Morrie Ryskind, American writer/director († 1985)
- 1895 » Rex Ingram, American actor († 1969)
- 1897 » Yi Un, South Korean general († 1970)
- 1900 » Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan († 1969)
- 1900 » Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1974)
- 1901 » Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer († 1993)
- 1901 » Frank Churchill, American film composer († 1942)
- 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)
Died on October 20
- 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
- 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
- 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
- 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
- 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
- 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
- 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
- 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
- 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
- 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
Names that were popular for boys in 1898
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1898
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Jacoba
- Aaltje
- Petronella
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Neeltje
- Helena
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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
- June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
- August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
Weather October 20, 1898
The temperature on October 20, 1898 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.