About the day » Saturday December 31, 1898Calender converter

• , ANTWERPEN, ANT, B († 1942)
• Albert Hoving, Hoogezand,Groningen,Netherlands
• Scheepers, Aalst († 1898)
• Adriaan Honigh († 1942)
• Adrianus Johannes SCHEEPBOUWER, Dordrecht († 1966)
• AMELIA DIRKJE MARTIJNSE, ROTTERDAM
• Adolf Lubbers, Westervoort (GL)
• Alida van Ommen, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Pieternella Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen, Velsen († 1899)
• Andries Drent, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• August Albert Vennemann (0), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Aanraad (2), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Bernardus Elsbroek (31), Lemelerveld
• Gerrit Zwiggelaar (0), Hollandscheveld
• Alida Catharina Sosef (0), Kethel en Spaland
• Aart van de REST (72), Dordrecht
• Alida Johanna van der Lans (53), Bennebroek, Nederland
• Arrena Carraway (42), Clay County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van Dieren (30), Oldebroek
• Adriana Christina Sophia van Eijsden (0), Dordrecht

• 1899 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1940)
• 1901 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1982)
• 1902 » Roy Goodall, English footballer († 1982)
• 1904 » William Heynes, English engineer († 1989)
• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1905 » Jule Styne, English-American composer († 1994)
• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)

• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)

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.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

The temperature on December 31, 1898 was about 1.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.