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• Aletta van der Heijden, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Adriana Cornelia Blok, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Adriaan Dingemanse, Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, NL
• Jan Pals, Erica
• Hartholt, Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederlan († 1985)
• Anna Carolina Elisabeth Rieuwerts, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Beunder, Middelie, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Beurghs, Geel, België
• Adriana Cornelia Willemsen, Kalmthout B († 1961)
• Allen Buford Adams, Pierce Station, Obion, Tennessee, United States († 1986)

• Allegonda Maria Uitenbroek (40), Rotterdam
• Eekman, Overschie
• Adriana Janse (38), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Adriana Mentzij (3), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes Jonker (2), Apeldoorn
• Aaltje de Jong (0), Erica (Emmen)
• (51), Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Charlotte Mischel (67), Krotoszyn, Wlkp., Poland
• Christiaan van Hofwegen (37), gouda (zuid holland)
• Adriana Cornelia Mevers (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1894 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia († 1978)
• 1898 » Irene Dunne, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1898 » Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1899 » Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician († 1981)
• 1900 » Lissy Arna, German film actress († 1964)
• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)

• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

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.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• 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.

The temperature on December 20, 1898 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.