About the day » Thursday November 3, 1898Calender converter

• Adele Brings, Buderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• van Rijssen, Deventer († 1898)
• Anna Maria Catharina Roelands, Made en Drimmelen
• Anna Paulette URIEN, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1976)
• Adrianus Hubertus van Gerwen, Bladel,Bladel en Netersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1899)
• Adam van den Thoorn, Vlaardingen
• Aafje Zomer, Haarlemmermeer
• Adriana den Hollander, NIEUW BEIJERLAND (Hoeksche Waard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje Klaasd Stegenga, Lemsterland =Lemmer, fr.nld
• Valkenburg, Renkum († 1898)

• Benedictus Van Roy (63), Meerhout, België
• Catharina Bernardina Gerritsen (33), Wisch / Sinderen
• Aukje Pieters SINNEMA (66), Menaldumadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus Petrus Johannes de Vos (0), Bergen op Zoom
• van Rijssen (0), Deventer
• Anke Egberts Bouma (59), Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Bever (38), Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Hendrik Heusinkveld (26), Aalten
• Adriana Jacoba Pieternella Baijens (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Berend van Loenen (52)

• 1894 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1964)
• 1894 » William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1930)
• 1896 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator († 1970)
• 1899 » Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic († 1986)
• 1899 » Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player († 1950)
• 1899 » Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1968)
• 1900 » Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas († 1978)
• 1901 » André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author († 1976)
• 1901 » Leopold III of Belgium († 1983)
• 1901 » Lionel Hitchman, Canadian ice hockey player († 1969)

• 1869 » Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 » Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)
• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)

• 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.
• 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 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

The temperature on November 3, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.