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• Adrienne Augustine BOUFFELIER, SAINT CALAIS († 1983)
• Adrianus Antonius Maria van de Ven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Allfredt Emil Hickel, Echterdingen-Stuttgart (Dld.) († 1945)
• Adrianus Cornelis Jacobus Teulings, Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1899)
• Aapko Smit, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1983)
• Albertha Smid, Zuidwolde, Westerveld († 1899)
• Albertus van Putten, Vaassen († 1969)
• Abraham Johannes Schuman, Koudekerke († 1951)
• "Mimi" Wilhelmina Maria Keultjes, Sterkrade Duitsland († 1975)
• Aleida de Heul, Apeldoorn

• (89), St. Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Ida van der Steen (4), 's-Gravenhage
• Aart Willems (76), Brummen
• Adrianus van Houtum (89), St. Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Dekker (0), Wijdenes
• Anna Chatarina Wilhelmina van der Putten (64), 's Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Gerardus van Houtum (89), Sint-Oedenrode
• Anna Maria Stiefermann (51), Husten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Anna Helena (Leentje) Buter Büter Buiter (87), De Maten, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Helena Buter (87), Emmen Maten

• 1893 » Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot († 1971)
• 1893 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer († 1966)
• 1894 » Arthur Fiedler, American conductor († 1979)
• 1894 » Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner and soldier († 1969)
• 1894 » Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1895 » Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player († 1967)
• 1898 » Loren Murchison, American sprinter († 1979)
• 1900 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress († 1973)
• 1900 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos († 1998)
• 1903 » Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer († 1987)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
• 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 December 17, 1898 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.