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• Anna Maria Jeurissen, Horst († 1949)
• Albertus Theodorus Vierboom, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van Zeist, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Boslooper, Rotterdam Zhl. NL († 1898)
• Addie Benscoter, Ross, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Michiel Kremers, Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1964)
• Karst Wesselink, Zuidwolde († 1902)
• Postma
• Alida van de Siepkamp, Delft, ZH Netherlands († 1993)
• Adriana Cornelia Siegers, Rotterdam

• Aaltje Tjeerds Hoekstra (68), ,, Sneek, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• André Châlon (82), La Celle-Dunoise, 23039, France
• Alida Rijn, Van (68), Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Harte (87), Sloten
• Agatha VERJANS (64), Vlijtingen, 3770, Riemst, Limburg, België
• Antonius Verploegen (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pieter Zonneveld (89), Naaldwijk
• Anna Cornelia Verboven (67), Huijbergen
• annechien de goede (80), stadskanaal, onstwedde
• Antje Haaring (67), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1892 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author († 1941)
• 1893 » Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1895 » Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina († 1974)
• 1895 » Zog I of Albania († 1961)
• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Petronella
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The temperature on October 8, 1898 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.