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• Albertus Nicolaas Osnabrug, Den Haag,- († 1974)
• van Iterson, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1898)
• Anna Helena Rass, De Maten, Emmen
• Adriana den Outer, Rotterdam († 1898)
• Alice Noomen, Lyman Township, Sioux County, Iowa († 1987)
• Anne Hoekstra, Wijtgaard, Leeuwarderadeel, Fr, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriaan Konings, Capelle, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Dimphena SEBREGTS, Woensdrecht,Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Andries de Ruijter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana Maria Evenwell, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)

• van Iterson (0), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Valkhoff (72), Hardinxveld
• Anna Nieuwenhuizen (27), Woensel
• Antonius de Hoogh (34), Rotterdam
• Abigail Norton (88), Vacaville, Solano, California, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Driessen (79), Well, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijdebeek (48), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Ton (31), Ophemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• andries frederik van de laar (79), delft
• Beert Van De Streek (61), Oldebroek, Netherlands

• 1886 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist († 1975)
• 1894 » Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist († 1982)
• 1895 » Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author († 1977)
• 1896 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union († 1974)
• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)

• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)

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.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
• 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 December 1, 1898 was about 6.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.