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• Jakob De Groote, Barger Oosterveen († 1917)
• Adriana Bakx, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aarnout Bakker, Terneuzen († 1953)
• Adriaantje De GROOT, Klaaswaal († 1976)
• Adrianus Jacobus de Wit, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Alice Marie Van Hauwe, Maldegem († 1959)
• Adriana Bakx, Rotterdam (akte 1898 m189v) († 1966)
• Haarman, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1972)
• Alice Elizabeth Howton, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Oregon, United States († 1983)
• Adriana de Graaf, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Netherlands

• Antje de Roos (59), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Byron Curtis Weston Lt. Governor (66), Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Schuurman (70), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nl
• Carl Wilhelm Balbiano (67), Amsterdam
• Aafje BAKKER (81), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beitske Uilkes Stinne (69), Leeuwarderadeel
• Antje Douwes Schuurman (70), Garijp, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Koks, Breda
• Andries Willems Tuinman (68), Marssum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Vermeulen

• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)
• 1908 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1910 » James McCormack, American general († 1975)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

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.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
• December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on November 8, 1898 was about 13.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.