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• Antonia Wisman
• Adrianus Antonius van Grunsven († 1954)
• Adrianus Josephus Verheijen, Baarle-Nassau († 1981)
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Hermans, Maastricht († 1899)
• Adrianus Andreas Verhoeven, Austruweel, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anna Jochems, Apeldoorn
• Antonius van der Steen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Anton Meyer, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Duitsland
• Albertien Masselink, Ermerveen, gem. Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1899)
• Aart Noordhoek, Klaaswaal

• Adriaantje Togtema (56), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria LONGHURST (49), Cardston, Alberta, Canada
• Adriana van Seters (72), Raamsdonk
• Alphonsus Joannes Maria Knegtel (55), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ARIJ BOS (58), SCHIEDAM
• Anna Maria Leontina Bal (19), Herentals 2200, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Alphonsus Joannes Maria - Alfons Knegtel (55), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Rendering (76), Midwolda
• Abraham Santcroos Lopes Salzedo (23), bent
• Abraham Jans de Jong (71), Hoornsterzwaag (Gem. Schoterland)

• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)
• 1900 » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist († 1975)
• 1902 » Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India († 1987)
• 1902 » Norman Maclean, American author and academic († 1990)
• 1907 » James Roosevelt, American general and politician († 1991)
• 1907 » Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet († 2005)

• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)

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.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

The temperature on December 23, 1898 was about -5.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.