About the day » Sunday December 11, 1898Calender converter

• Albert Edward Kingma, Minnesota († 1955)
• Adriaan Staal, Krabbedijke († 1899)
• Albert Withaar, Veenoord, Sleen
• Adrianus Hendrikus Meijer, Breda, Nederland († 1973)
• Aartje Hendriks de Roode, Leiderdorp
• Adrianus (Johannes) van den Berg, ´s-Gravenhage († 1968)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Breugel, Standdaarbuiten († 1979)
• Adèle Hélène Doeve, .......
• aaltje Kramer, Urk
• Aaltje Kramer, Urk († 1904)

• Antonius Cornelis Kaptein (0), Oudenbosch
• de Vegt, Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Moesker (27), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands(Eexterveen)
• Annigje Egbertsd Doosjen (0), Nijeveen, dr.nld
• Arend Poeste (40), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arie Cornelisz Goedhart (74), Sliedrecht
• Adriana Guis (39), Sliedrecht
• van Noort (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Den Haese (59), Gentbrugge
• Anna Maria Scheepers (83), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1889 » Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm († 1981)
• 1890 » Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor († 1935)
• 1890 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator († 1976)
• 1893 » Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer († 2002)
• 1897 » Ronald Skirth, English soldier († 1977)
• 1899 » Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1980)
• 1900 » Hermína Týrlová, Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director († 1993)
• 1904 » Marge, American cartoonist († 1993)
• 1905 » Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer († 1994)
• 1905 » Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster († 1967)

• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)

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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
• 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.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

The temperature on December 11, 1898 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.