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• Adriana Pieternella Maria Boone, Wissenkerke († 1956)
• Andries Dirk van Eck, Deil, Gelderland, Nederland († 1899)
• Alfred Ney Fetterman, Banks Township,Brush Valley,Indiana County,PA († 1970)
• Albert Hekkema, Zuidhorn
• Aleida Cornelia de Jonge, Rotterdam († 1958)
• Anna Elisabeth ter HEIJDEN, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albart Johan Roetert Steenbruggen, Diepenveen
• Albert Hekkema, Zuidhorn
• Adriana BORREN, Puttershoek
• Alma Therese Zeidler, Albion Township († 1985)

• Alida Diersen (35), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Oorschot (69), Veghel (NB Nederland)
• Coppens (0), Welle, Belgium
• Adrianus Kivits (1), Vlijmen
• Augustinus Fredericus de Silva (0), Rotterdam 1898.5876 Pagina h014v
• Bertha Maasen (53), Venlo
• Sloots (0), Bonnen, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Sessink (42), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina Frederica Jonxis (71), Driebergen
• Aaltje Ratelband (81), Hummelo (Hummelo en Keppel)

• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)
• 1893 » Fay Bainter, American actress († 1968)
• 1893 » Hermann Balck, German general († 1982)
• 1894 » Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1900 » Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist († 1961)
• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

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 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 7, 1898 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.